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In 1689, a group of Barbary galley slaves, led by Jack Shaftoe, also known as King of the Vagabonds, devises a bold plan to attain freedom and fortune. Their adventure unfolds with battles, chases, and narrow escapes in a perilous race for legendary gold, pitting them against formidable foes, including alchemists, Jesuits, powerful navies, pirate queens, and vengeful despots across oceans and continents. Meanwhile, in Europe, the resourceful Eliza, Countess de la Zeur, a master of markets and confidante to kings, finds herself stripped of her vast fortune by a dashing privateer. With her life at risk and desperate to reclaim her child, she becomes entangled in a web of international intrigue. As Newton and Leibniz engage in their notorious rivalry, the conflict between alchemy and natural sciences intensifies, nobles face execution, and treacherous plots unfold. Coins are minted in enemy territories, families reunite in distant lands, and miraculous events occur, while Daniel Waterhouse seeks passage to the Massachusetts colony, hoping to escape the chaos engulfing his world.
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The Confusion, Neal Stephenson
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- Rok vydania
- 2004
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- Titul
- The Confusion
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autori
- Neal Stephenson
- Vydavateľ
- William Morrow
- Rok vydania
- 2004
- Väzba
- pevná
- ISBN10
- 0060523867
- ISBN13
- 9780060523862
- Série
- Barokový cyklus
- Štítky
- Beletria, Fantasy, Historické romány, Dobrodružstvo, Sci-Fi, Veda, Anglicko, Steampunk, Alternatívna história, Kyberpunk, Baroko, Filozofia prírody
- Prvé vydanie
- 2004
- Pôvodný názov
- The Confusion
- Hodnotenie
- 4,25 z 5
- Anotácia
- In 1689, a group of Barbary galley slaves, led by Jack Shaftoe, also known as King of the Vagabonds, devises a bold plan to attain freedom and fortune. Their adventure unfolds with battles, chases, and narrow escapes in a perilous race for legendary gold, pitting them against formidable foes, including alchemists, Jesuits, powerful navies, pirate queens, and vengeful despots across oceans and continents. Meanwhile, in Europe, the resourceful Eliza, Countess de la Zeur, a master of markets and confidante to kings, finds herself stripped of her vast fortune by a dashing privateer. With her life at risk and desperate to reclaim her child, she becomes entangled in a web of international intrigue. As Newton and Leibniz engage in their notorious rivalry, the conflict between alchemy and natural sciences intensifies, nobles face execution, and treacherous plots unfold. Coins are minted in enemy territories, families reunite in distant lands, and miraculous events occur, while Daniel Waterhouse seeks passage to the Massachusetts colony, hoping to escape the chaos engulfing his world.