Quicksilver
  • Published:
    Sep-2003 (Hardcover)
    Sep-2004 (Paperback)
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  • Main Genre:
    Steampunk
  • Time Period:
    17th Century 18th Century
  • Pages:
    917
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Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight.

It is a chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of "Half-Cocked Jack" Shaftoe -- London street urchin turned swashbuckling adventurer and legendary King of the Vagabonds -- risking life and limb for fortune and love while slowly maddening from the pox.

And it is the tale of Eliza, rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become spy, confidante, and pawn of royals in order to reinvent Europe through the newborn power of finance.

A gloriously rich, entertaining, and endlessly inventive novel that brings a remarkable age and its momentous events to vivid life, Quicksilver is an extraordinary achievement from one of the most original and important literary talents of our time.
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    • Sep-2004
    • William Morrow
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0060593083
    • ISBN13: 9780060593087
    •  
    • Jan-2003
    • William Heinemann (UK)
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0434008931
    • ISBN13: 9780434008933
    •  
    • Feb-2005
    • Arrow (UK)
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0099410680
    • ISBN13: 9780099410683
    •  
    • Feb-2006
    • HarperTorch
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 0060833165
    • ISBN13: 9780060833169
    •  
    • Mar-2006
    • HarperTorch
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 0060833173
    • ISBN13: 9780060833176
    • First Edition
    • Sep-2003
    • William Morrow
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0380977427
    • ISBN13: 9780380977420
    •  
    • Jan-2003
    • William Heinemann (UK)
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0434008176
    • ISBN13: 9780434008179
    •  
    • Jun-2004
    • William Morrow
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0060599332
    • ISBN13: 9780060599331
    •  
    • Oct-2009
    • HarperCollins
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Oct-2009
    • Harper
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0061792772
    • ISBN13: 9780061792779
    •  
    • Oct-2009
    • William Heinemann (UK)
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1446440508
    • ISBN13: 9781446440506
    •  
    • Oct-2004
    • HarperAudio
    • Audio CD (abridged)
    • ISBN: 0060721618
    • ISBN13: 9780060721619
    •  
    • Sep-2010
    • Brilliance Audio
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 1441876537
    • ISBN13: 9781441876539
    •  
    • Sep-2010
    • Brilliance Audio
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 1441874984
    • ISBN13: 9781441874986
    •  
    • Sep-2010
    • Brilliance Audio
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 1441874976
    • ISBN13: 9781441874979



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