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The System of the World

Neal Stephenson

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Neal Stephenson concludes the Baroque Cycle with the third and final volume. The year is 1714. Daniel Waterhouse has returned to England, where he joins forces with his friend Isaac Newton to hunt down a shadowy group attempting to blow up Natural Philosophers with 'Infernal Devices' - time bombs. As Daniel and Newton conspire, an increasingly vicious struggle is waged for England's Crown: who will take control when the ailing queen dies? Tories and Whigs clash as one faction jockeys to replace Queen Anne with 'The Pretender' James Stuart, and the other promotes the Hanoverian dynasty of Princess Caroline. Meanwhile, a long-simmering dispute between Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz comes to a head, with potentially cataclysmic consequences.

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Publisher
Heinemann
ISBN-13
9781446440445
Topics
Historical intrigue and politicsScientific revolution and natural philosophySuccession and power strugglesConspiracy and espionageRivalry between great minds

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