The Commons · Book by Neal Stephenson

The System Of The World (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3)

Publication date: 2004
Publisher: Heinemann
Pages: 624
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780434012367
Language: eng

Literary Fiction

About the book

The year is 1714, Daniel Waterhouse hass returned to England, where he joins forces with his friend Isaac Newton to hunt down a shadowy group attempting to blow up Natural Philosphers with "Infernal Devices". As Daniel and Newton conspire, an increasingly viscious struggle is waged for England's crown: who will take control when the ailing Queen dies? - Back cover.