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The title of Stephenson's vast, splendid and absorbing sequel to Quicksilver (2003) suggests the state of mind that even devoted fans may face on occasion as they follow the glorious and exceedingly complex parallel stories of Jack Shaftoe, amiable criminal mastermind, and Eliza, Countess de la Zeur, courageous secret agent and former prisoner in a Turkish harem. In 1689, Jack recovers his memory in Algiers, evades galley slavery and joins a quest for the lost treasure of a Spanish pirate named Carlos Olancho Macho y Macho. This leads to adventures at sea worthy of Patrick O'Brian, and hairbreadth escapes from the jaws of the Inquisition. Meanwhile, Eliza is captured by the historical (and distinguished) French privateer Jean Bart while trying to escape to England with her baby. She must then navigate the intrigues of the court of Louis XIV, which are less lethal than those of the Inquisition by a small margin, but still make for uneasy sleep for a friendless female spy. Her correspondence with such scientific minds as Wilhelm Leibniz helps propel the saga's chronicling of the roots of modern science at a respectable clip. Of course, one can't call anything about the Baroque Cycle "brisk," but the richness of detail and language lending verisimilitude t? the setting and depth to the characters should be reward enough for most readers.
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This “con-fusion” of two distinct novels (Juncto and Bonanza), alternating between Jack and Eliza’s stories, is a must-read for Stephenson fans. Though neither entry in the Baroque Cycle has impressed the critics as much as some of Stephenson’s previous work, The Confusion proves his narrative skills are still in fine shape. Casual readers beware: many critics feel the lengthy scientific and historical digressions, however well researched and explicated, tend to hold up the story. If the book suffers from an information glut or stylistic terseness, then it is the cracking plot and rich milieu of the Baroque world that set the ship right.
The title of Stephenson's vast, splendid and absorbing sequel to Quicksilver (2003) suggests the state of mind that even devoted fans may face on occasion as they follow the glorious and exceedingly complex parallel stories of Jack Shaftoe, amiable criminal mastermind, and Eliza, Countess de la Zeur, courageous secret agent and former prisoner in a Turkish harem. In 1689, Jack recovers his memory in Algiers, evades galley slavery and joins a quest for the lost treasure of a Spanish pirate named Carlos Olancho Macho y Macho. This leads to adventures at sea worthy of Patrick O'Brian, and hairbreadth escapes from the jaws of the Inquisition. Meanwhile, Eliza is captured by the historical (and distinguished) French privateer Jean Bart while trying to escape to England with her baby. She must then navigate the intrigues of the court of Louis XIV, which are less lethal than those of the Inquisition by a small margin, but still make for uneasy sleep for a friendless female spy. Her correspondence with such scientific minds as Wilhelm Leibniz helps propel the saga's chronicling of the roots of modern science at a respectable clip. Of course, one can't call anything about the Baroque Cycle "brisk," but the richness of detail and language lending verisimilitude t? the setting and depth to the characters should be reward enough for most readers.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Bookmarks Magazine
This “con-fusion” of two distinct novels (Juncto and Bonanza), alternating between Jack and Eliza’s stories, is a must-read for Stephenson fans. Though neither entry in the Baroque Cycle has impressed the critics as much as some of Stephenson’s previous work, The Confusion proves his narrative skills are still in fine shape. Casual readers beware: many critics feel the lengthy scientific and historical digressions, however well researched and explicated, tend to hold up the story. If the book suffers from an information glut or stylistic terseness, then it is the cracking plot and rich milieu of the Baroque world that set the ship right.
Copyright © 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc.
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HE WAS NOT MERELY AWAKENED, but detonated out of an uncommonly long and repetitive dream. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
livres tournoises, watered steel, the juncto, silver pigs, pourquoi non, boarding axe, white carriage, knowledge engine, petty nobles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Monsieur Arlanc, Gabriel Goto, Edmund de Ath, Vrej Esphahnian, Enoch Root, Sophie Charlotte, New Spain, Vera Cruz, Black Torrent Guards, Lothar von Hacklheber, Mexico City, Jean Jacques, Bonaventure Rossignol, Queen Kottakkal, Royal Society, House of Hacklheber, King William, Manila Galleon, Monsieur Rossignol, Johann Georg, Bob Shaftoe, Elizabeth de Obregon, Great Mogul, Lieutenant Bart, Tower of London New!
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HE WAS NOT MERELY AWAKENED, but detonated out of an uncommonly long and repetitive dream. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
livres tournoises, watered steel, the juncto, silver pigs, pourquoi non, boarding axe, white carriage, knowledge engine, petty nobles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Monsieur Arlanc, Gabriel Goto, Edmund de Ath, Vrej Esphahnian, Enoch Root, Sophie Charlotte, New Spain, Vera Cruz, Black Torrent Guards, Lothar von Hacklheber, Mexico City, Jean Jacques, Bonaventure Rossignol, Queen Kottakkal, Royal Society, House of Hacklheber, King William, Manila Galleon, Monsieur Rossignol, Johann Georg, Bob Shaftoe, Elizabeth de Obregon, Great Mogul, Lieutenant Bart, Tower of London New!
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This book cites 5
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- A Plan of the English Commerce by Daniel Defoe on 5 pages
- Treatise on Light by Christiaan Huygens on page 140, and page 303
- Pieces of Eight by Anthony King on page 356, and page 484
- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Great Books in Philosophy) by John Locke on page 501, and page 650
- Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson in Front Matter
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