Quicksilver

Neal Stephenson

January 2008 / 0099410680 / Paperback

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A complicated and intriguing novel (the first of a trilogy) set in the 15th and 16th century in London and Boston (so far) and told from the points of view of Daniel Waterhouse, a “Natural Philosopher”.

It jumps around in time, has a wonderful degree of period information and a cast of hundreds. Fascinating really.