Quicksilver

Volume One of The Baroque Cycle Baroque Cycle, Volume 1

by Neal Stephenson

Paperback, 927 pages

English language

Published Nov. 19, 2004 by Arrow Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-09-941068-3
OCLC Number:: 812501845

(10 reviews)

A novel of history, adventure, science, invention, sex, absurdity, piracy, madness, death and alchemy that sweeps across continents and decades, upending kings, armies, religious beliefs and all expectations. Bringing a remarkable age and its momentous events to vivid life – in an historical epic populated by Samuel Pepys, Isaac Newton, William of Orange, Benjamin Franklin and King Louis XIV – Quicksilver is an extraordinary achievement from one of the most remarkable and original writers of our time. --back cover

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2 stars

What a mess! This volume commits several heinous sins; the Sin of Protagonist Switching occurs twice. The Sin of Rambling Aimlessly occurs through out. The Sin of Being Pointless might possibly be redeemed in the remaining volumes...but can I be bothered to read them?

There are fun and exciting passages that account for the two star rating but they are islands floating on the structural swamp.