Confusion-Baroque Cycle Trilogy-2-Volume

The Baroque Cycle continues.

In 1689, Jack Shaftoe, King of the Vagabonds, and a group of Barbary galley convicts devise a plan to gain both their freedom and a fortune. Their goal is to obtain a ship full of silver. When they take over the ship, they encounter a surprise; The ship is filled not with silver but with gold, legendary gold at that.

In Europe, the beautiful and rich Countess Eliza of Zeur loses her great fortune to France's bravest pirates and finds herself in a web of international intrigue.

Meanwhile, Newton and Leibniz continue to put forward their grand theories as their famous rivalry continues, stubborn alchemy battles with the natural sciences, and vile conspiracies are hatched. Daniel Waterhouse, on the other hand, searches for a way to enter the Massachusetts colony in the hope of escaping the madness he is beginning to fall into.

"Perfect…

Adventure, big ideas and intrigue all rolled into one.”

- Locus

“Stephenson masterfully illuminates the beginnings of modern economics, science, politics, currency, information technology, commerce, religion, and cryptography. "It's rare to write a thousand-page novel that delights readers and leaves them wanting more."

-Daily Yomiuri

“Most impressively, Stephenson boldly explores his central subject, the nature of money.”

-Time Out

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Size: 14 x 21

First Print Year: 2019

Number of Printings: 1st Edition