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A chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of "Half-Cocked Jack" Shaftoe -- London street urchin-turned-legendary swashbuckling adventurer -- risking life and limb for fortune and love while slowly maddening from the pox. . . and Eliza, rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become spy, confidante, and pawn of royals in order to reinvent a contentious continent through the newborn power of finance.
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Also contained in [Quicksilver: Volume One of The Baroque Cycle](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL38495W/Quicksilver)
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8 primary booksThe Baroque Cycle (8 volume) is a 8-book series with 8 primary works first released in 2003 with contributions by Neal Stephenson.
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