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Currency - Book Seven of the Baroque Cycle written by Neal Stephenson performed by Simon Prebble and Kevin Pariseau on CD (Unabridged)£29.99

Daniel Waterhouse finds himself embroiled in a dark conflict that has been raging in the shadows for decades. It is a secret war between the brilliant, enigmatic Master of the Mint (and closet alchemist) Isaac Newton and his archnemesis, the insidious counterfeiter Jack the Coiner, a.k.a. Jack Shaftoe, King...

The System of the World - Volume Three of the Baroque Cycle written by Neal Stephenson performed by Simon Prebble, Kevin Pariseau and Neal Stephenson on CD (Unabridged)

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ISBN:  9781455861712
Genre - Main:  Fiction
Genre - Specific:  Fantasy
Duration:  708 mins
Length:  Unabridged
Author:  Neal Stephenson
Performer 1:  Simon Prebble
Performer 2:  Kevin Pariseau
Performer 3:  Neal Stephenson
Rarity:  Rare

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England, 1714. London has long been home to a secret war between the brilliant, enigmatic Master of the Mint and closet alchemist, Isaac Newton, and his archnemesis, the insidious counterfeiter Jack the Coiner. Hostilities are suddenly moving to a new and more volatile level as Half-Cocked Jack hatches a ...

daring plan, aiming for the total corruption of Britain’s newborn monetary system.Enter Daniel Waterhouse: Aging Puritan and Natural Philosopher, Daniel has been on a long and harrowing quest to help mend the rift between adversarial geniuses.

As Daniel combs city and country for clues to the identity of the blackguard who is attempting to blow up Natural Philosophers, political factions jockey for position while awaiting the impending death of the ailing queen, and the “holy grail” of alchemy, the key to life eternal, tantalizes and continues to elude Isaac Newton.

As Newton, Waterhouse, and Shaftoe each circle closer to the object of Daniel’s quest, everything that was will be changed forever. . . .“[Stephenson has] managed to give Middle Earth a run for its money.” — Janet Maslin, New York Times“Stephenson spent nearly two thousand pages setting his convergent plots in motion, and they all collide brilliantly in the third and final installment of his Baroque Cycle. . . . Historical fiction was never this much fun — or this successful.” — Entertainment Weekly (Grade: A)

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