Neal Stephenson follows his international bestseller, the WWII thriller Cryptonomicon, with a novel set in the 16th and 17th centuries, in a world of war, scientific, religious and political turmoil. With a cast of characters that includes Newton, Leibniz
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Ponorte sa do búrlivého 17. storočia, éry plnej intríg, dobrodružstiev a vedeckých objavov. Táto rozsiahla sága sleduje osudy ambicióznych postáv, ktorých životy sú prepletené s kľúčovými historickými udalosťami. Objavte svet obchodu, vedy a filozofie, kde sa stretávajú mocní a formuje sa moderný svet. Séria ponúka napínavý pohľad na zrod osvietenstva.
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