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Historisk roman. 1714 vender Daniel Waterhouse tilbage til England efter et mindre heldigt ophold i de amerikanske kolonier og overlever med nød og næppe et angreb fra den legendariske pirat Blackbeard. Snart bliver han involveret i en ubehagelig konflikt der truer Englands nyskabte monetære system og involverer bl.a. naturvidenskabsmanden og skabsalkymisten Isaac Newton.… (mere)
As a whole, a slower finish to the trilogy than I'd expected, and in true Neal Stephenson fashion, the actual ending was more abrupt than I'd have liked... but still, I set this one down sorry to have it over. Way too clever in places, but I expected nothing less from him. Now I have to go and look to see what parts of the setting were historically accurate and which were made up. ( )
Wonderful book. This series is a multi-faceted jewel of historical and technological trends through the Baroque period. The combination of interesting original and historical characters draws you in and captivates you with their shared history and evolution. ( )
Neal Stephenson spent nearly 2,000 pages setting his convergent plots into motion in The System of the World, and they all collide brilliantly in the third and final installment of his Baroque Cycle.
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But first whom shall we send In search of this new world, whom shall we find Sufficient? Who shall tempt with wandring feet The dark unbottom'd infinite Abyss And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way, or spread his aerie flight Upborn with indefatigable wings Over the vast abrupt, ere he arrive The happy Ile... — Milton, Paradise Lost
There was the usual amount of corruption, intimidation, and rioting.
— Sir Charles Petrie, describing a Parliamentary election of the era.
It remains that, from the same principles, I now demonstrate the frame of the System of the World.
— Newton, Principia Mathematica
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"Men half your age and double your weight have been slain on these wastes by Extremity of Cold," said the Earl of Lostwithiel, Lord Warden of the Stannaries, and Rider of the Forest and Chase of Dartmoor, to one of his two fellow-travelers.
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He has done his job. "I'm going home now," he says.
Historisk roman. 1714 vender Daniel Waterhouse tilbage til England efter et mindre heldigt ophold i de amerikanske kolonier og overlever med nød og næppe et angreb fra den legendariske pirat Blackbeard. Snart bliver han involveret i en ubehagelig konflikt der truer Englands nyskabte monetære system og involverer bl.a. naturvidenskabsmanden og skabsalkymisten Isaac Newton.
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