by Neal Stephenson · EDB FICCION · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466614726
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«El rey de los vagabundos» is book 2 of «Azogue» (Baroque Cycle) by Neal Stephenson, a science fiction novel in paperback (320 pages, Spanish).
Jack Shaftoe, the king of the vagabonds, and Eliza, whom he rescues from a harem after the defeat of the Turks at Vienna in 1683, travel across Europe (Vienna, Leipzig, Amsterdam, Paris) and meet Leibniz. Stephenson blends history, adventure, science and pirates to novelize the birth of the modern world and the shift from alchemy to empiricism.
The Baroque Cycle is a trilogy; this title is the second book of its first volume, published in 2004 by EDB Ficción in the NOVA collection, translated by Pedro Jorge Romero.
For readers of historical science fiction and fans of Neal Stephenson, especially those who have read «Criptonomicón».
Neal Town Stephenson is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, and baroque.
