Quicksilver: Book One of the Baroque Cycle (Unabridged)
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4.0 • 41 Ratings
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- $21.99
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- $21.99
Publisher Description
In this first volume of Neal Stephenson’s genre-defying epic, Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and courageous Puritan, pursues 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.
The Baroque Cycle, Neal Stephenson’s award-winning series, spans the late 17th and early 18th centuries, combining history, adventure, science, invention, piracy, and alchemy into one sweeping tale. It is a gloriously rich, entertaining, and endlessly inventive historical epic populated by the likes of Isaac Newton, William of Orange, Benjamin Franklin, and King Louis XIV, along with some of the most inventive literary characters in modern fiction.
Audible’s complete and unabridged presentation of The Baroque Cycle was produced in cooperation with Neal Stephenson. Each volume includes an exclusive introduction read by the author.
Customer Reviews
Great book, good narration: Only 1/3 of book
This product is a bait and switch. It says 1st volume but it is only a fraction of the first volume/book. It is a shame that publishers have not corrected this after all these years. Neal Stephenson and his readers deserve better.
Not the whole book!
This is ONLY BOOK ONE of Quicksilver; it is ONLY the first third of the book. It is advertised as being Volume One Unabridged, but it is actually Volume One, Book One. The reading is well done, but it's a third of what it said I was getting.
Something is missing…
I don’t think it’s possible to record 927 pages in 14 hours. This edition is advertised as unabridged, but I’m not sure how. I’m trying to get a refund.
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