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As Daniel and Newton conspire, an increasingly vicious struggle is waged for England's Crown: who will take control when the ailing queen dies?

Tories and Whigs clash as one faction jockeys to replace Queen Anne with 'The Pretender' James Stuart, and the other promotes the Hanoverian dynasty of Princess Caroline.

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Neal Stephenson has saved the best until last with The System of the World, a fittingly breathtaking conclusion to his Baroque Cycle, implausibly trumping all of the trilogy's previous strengths, but unfortunately introducing one weakness in that the whole rambunctiously magnificent undertaking had to end -- Christopher Brookmyre * Glasgow Herald *
Truly remarkable * LA Times *
Historical fiction was never this much fun - or this successful * Entertainment Weekly *

The System Of The World

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      Publisher: Cornerstone
      Publication Date: 06/10/2005
      ISBN13: 9780099463368, 978-0099463368
      ISBN10: 0099463369
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      As Daniel and Newton conspire, an increasingly vicious struggle is waged for England's Crown: who will take control when the ailing queen dies?

      Tories and Whigs clash as one faction jockeys to replace Queen Anne with 'The Pretender' James Stuart, and the other promotes the Hanoverian dynasty of Princess Caroline.

      Trade Review
      Neal Stephenson has saved the best until last with The System of the World, a fittingly breathtaking conclusion to his Baroque Cycle, implausibly trumping all of the trilogy's previous strengths, but unfortunately introducing one weakness in that the whole rambunctiously magnificent undertaking had to end -- Christopher Brookmyre * Glasgow Herald *
      Truly remarkable * LA Times *
      Historical fiction was never this much fun - or this successful * Entertainment Weekly *

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