The System of the World

Der dritte und letzte Teil in der erfolgreichen Baroque Cycle Serie, dem fulminanten historischen Fantasyepos über das 17. Jahrhundert, einer Zeit der Entdeckungen, der Erfindungen und der Veränderung.

Informationen zum Autor Neal Stephenson is the bestselling author of Reamde , Anathem ; the three-volume historical epic the Baroque Cycle ( Quicksilver , The Confusion , and The System of the World ); Cryptonomicon ; The Diamond Age ; Snow Crash , which was named one of Time magazine's top one hundred all-time best English-language novels; and Zodiac . He lives in Seattle, Washington. Klappentext Neal Stephenson is the bestselling author of Reamde , Anathem ; the three-volume historical epic the Baroque Cycle ( Quicksilver , The Confusion , and The System of the World ); Cryptonomicon ; The Diamond Age ; Snow Crash , which was named one of Time magazine's top one hundred all-time best English-language novels; and Zodiac . He lives in Seattle, Washington. Zusammenfassung 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.

Vorwort
The third and final volume of the Baroque Cycle.

Autorentext

Neal Stephenson is the bestselling author of Reamde, Anathem; the three-volume historical epic the Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World); Cryptonomicon; The Diamond Age; Snow Crash, which was named one of Time magazine's top one hundred all-time best English-language novels; and Zodiac. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Zusammenfassung
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.