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In 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves—including Jack Shaftoe, known as Half-Cocked Jack—plot to secure their freedom and fortune through a daring quest for legendary treasure. Their adventure is marked by naval battles, swashbuckling raids, and conflict with alchemists, Jesuits, and pirate queens across the seas. Meanwhile, in Europe, the resourceful Eliza Countess de la Zeur, once a Turkish harem virgin and master of European markets, is stripped of her wealth by a French privateer and must navigate a web of intrigue to reclaim her child and protect her life. Amid these personal dramas, Newton and Leibniz contend in their intellectual rivalry, alchemy clashes with emerging natural science, and political plots unfold as nobles face execution and coins are minted in enemy strongholds. Daniel Waterhouse seeks tranquility by heading to the Massachusetts colony, hoping to escape the chaos of his world.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Neal Stephenson
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