Quicksilver (novel)
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson is the first volume of his series The Baroque Cycle. The second and third volumes (released in the second and third quarters of 2004 respectively), are entitled The Confusion and The System of the World.
Historical figures who appear as characters in the novel
- John Churchill
- Judge Jeffreys, Lord Chancelor of England
- Nicolas Fatio de Duillier
- Benjamin Franklin, as a young boy
- Robert Hooke
- Christiaan Huygens
- Gottfried Leibniz
- Louis XIV
- Isaac Newton
- Henry Oldenburg
- Samuel Pepys
- James Scott, the Duke of Monmouth
- James Stuart, as the Duke of York and as James II
- John Wilkins
- William III of England, as William, Prince of Orange
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Theme |
| ► | Main characters |
| ► | Other characters |
| ► | Historical figures who appear as characters in the novel |
| ► | See also |
| ► | Editions |
| ► | External links |
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