Stephenson, Neal: THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD

The year is 1714. Daniel Waterhouse has returned to England, where he joins forces with his friend Isaac Newton to hunt down a shadowy group attempting to assassinate Natural Philosophers. As Daniel and Newton conspire, an increasingly vicious struggke is waged for England's Crown: who will take control when the ailing queen dies? Meanwhile, a long-simmering dispute between Newton and Gottfried wilhelm Leibniz comes to a head, with potentially cataclysmic consequences...

AUTHOR: Neal Stephenson (Neal Town Stephenson)

COVER: paperback

PAGES: 887

LANGUAGE: english