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A chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of "Half-Cocked Jack" Shaftoe - London street urchin turned famous swashbuckling adventurer - risking life and limb for fortune and love while gradually maddening from the pox - and Eliza, rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become spy, confidante, and pawn of royals in order to reinvent a contentious continent through the newborn power of finance. The Baroque Cycle, Neal Stephenson's award-winning series, spans the later 17th and early on 18th centuries, incorporating history, adventure, research, technology, piracy, and alchemy into one sweeping tale. It really is a gloriously wealthy, interesting, and endlessly inventive historical epic filled by the likes of Isaac Newton, William of Orange, Benjamin Franklin, and King Louis XIV, along with some of the most inventive literary people in modern fiction. Audible's complete and unabridged presentation of The Baroque Cycle was produced in assistance with Neal Stephenson. Each amount includes a special benefits read by the author.
