The exploits of an alchemy-rejecting scientist, a vagabond leader, and a former Turkish harem prisoner intersect in the world of the American colonies, the Tower of London, and the courts of France, in a novel set against the backdrop of the late seventeeth century and early eighteenth century. By the author of Cryptonomicon.

Format: Paperback
Published: in USA in 2006
Publisher: Harpercollins
Pages: 456
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780060833169
ISBN 10: 0060833165
Edition: Reprint