The Baroque Cycle

The Baroque Cycle, a series of books written by Neal Stephenson, appeared in print in 2003 and 2004. The cycle contains eight novels published in three volumes:

Related Topics:
Neal Stephenson - 2003 - 2004

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• Quicksilver, Vol. I of the Baroque Cycle
• Book 1 - Quicksilver
• Book 2 - The King of the Vagabonds
• Book 3 - Odalisque
• The Confusion, Vol. II of the Baroque Cycle
• Book 4 - Bonanza
• Book 5 - The Juncto
• The System of the World, Vol. III of the Baroque Cycle
• Book 6 - Solomon's Gold
• Book 7 - Currency
• Book 8 - The System of the World

The story follows the adventures of a cast of characters who find themselves amidst some of the central events of late 17th and early 18thcenturies Europe. Despite its historical fiction nature, the author characterises the work as science fiction due to the presence of a few anomalous occurrences and its focus on science and technology. The sciences of cryptology and numismatics feature heavily in the series.

Related Topics:
17^th - 18^thcenturies - Science fiction - Cryptology - Numismatics

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Quicksilver takes place mainly in the years between the Restoration of the Stuart monarchy in England (1660) and the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

Related Topics:
Restoration - Stuart - Glorious Revolution - 1688

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The Confusion follows Quicksilver without temporal interruption, but ranges geographically from Europe and the Mediterranean through India to Manila, Japan and Mexico.

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The System of the World takes place principally in London in 1714, about 20 years after the events of The Confusion.

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