The System of the World

The year is 1714. Daniel Waterhouse has returned to England, where he joins forces with his friend Isaac Newton to hunt down a shadowy group attempting to blow up Natural Philosophers with 'Infernal Devices' - time bombs. As Daniel and Newton conspire, an increasingly vicious struggle is waged for England's Crown: who will take control when the ailing queen dies? Tories and Whigs clash as one faction jockeys to replace Queen Anne with 'The Pretender' James Stuart, and the other promotes the Hanoverian dynasty of Princess Caroline. Meanwhile, a long-simmering dispute between Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz comes to a head, with potentially cataclysmic consequences. Wildly inventive, brilliantly conceived, "The System of the World" is the final volume in Neal Stephenson's hugely ambitious and compelling saga. Filled with a remarkable cast of characters in a time of genius, discovery and change, "The Baroque Cycle" is a magnificent and unique achievement.

ISBN 0099463369   Pages 912 ISBN13 9780099463368 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 596 Publisher Cornerstone   Published in London Imprint Arrow Books Ltd   Height (mm) 200 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 131 Publication date 06 Oct 2005   Spine width (mm) 50 DEWEY 813.54   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22

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