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.

Other characters

• Louis Anglesey - Earl of Upnor.
• Thomas More Anglesey - Cavalier, Duke of Gunfleet.
• Duc d'Arcachon - French admiral who dabbles in slavery.
• Etienne d'Arcachon - Son of the duke, most polite man in France.
• Gomer Bolstrood - Dissident agitator.
• Clarke - Alchemist, boards young Isaac Newton.
• Charles Comstock - Son of John Comstock.
• John Comstock - Earl of Epsom and Lord Chancellor.
• Roger Comstock
• Dappa - Nigerian sailor aboard Minerva.
• Mr. Foot - Ertswhile bar owner from Dunkirk.
• Thomas Ham - Goldsmith half-brother of Daniel Waterhouse.
• Otto van Hoek - Captain of the Minerva.
• Bonaventure Rossignol - French cryptologist.
• Bob Shaftoe
• Sluys - Dutch merchant and traitor.
• Drake Waterhouse - Puritan father of Daniel Waterhouse.
• Faith Waterhouse - Wife of Daniel Waterhouse.
• Godfrey Waterhouse - Son of Daniel Waterhouse.
• Mayflower Waterhouse - Half-sister of Daniel Waterhouse, wife of Thomas Ham.
• Raleigh Waterhouse - Brother of Daniel Waterhouse.
• Sterling Waterhouse - Brother of Daniel Waterhouse.
• Yevgeny the Raskolnik - Russian whaler.