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Ladataan... King of the VagabondsTekijä: Neal Stephenson
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Excellent. An illuminating voyage through the Baroque Period. Guided in this case by the picaresque tale of Jack half cock Shaftoe - King of the Vagabonds and the equally delightful Eliza. This bloke Stephenson is a thoroughly brilliant story teller and I come out of each book a little better educated on how the world of today is informed and directed by its splendidly spectacular history. The narration was fantastic and I imagine does justice to a brilliant text. ( ) Slightly worse since there's not enough scientific digressions, slightly better since there's better characters. Let's see what happens. REREAD: Huh, I forgot how well this book actually functions as a proper story, as long as you ignore it cuts out right at the end of the second act. Action? Romance? Not just expository Dialogue? I also tried my best to follow the financial and political plots going on, but it was still quite difficult. I also forgot Reread, still 4/5. Part two of the first Cycle takes a huge departure from the first book that mainly revolved around science and a richly detailed England to follow Jack, the self-styled King of the Vagabonds in this traveling adventure around all of Europe in the late sixteen-hundreds. Include spies, a huge political intrigue, hanging out with all the lower sorts, and enough scrapes, tosses, and near-death experiences for any taste. Jack doesn't really have the ear of anyone, let alone a king, but what he does have is a talent for getting into the biggest messes. What makes this special is not only the characters, which are a serious hoot but the amount of research and a perfect inclusion of real history and events on a scale I've never before seen. This might as well be a Masters course in history if it hadn't been written so excitingly and humorously. I think I might have enjoyed this one even more than the first book in the Cycle, but only in terms of pure adventure and sneakily introduced economics, medicine, and a good idea about how the REST of the world lived during these times. Jack's about as low as they come. :) I totally recommend this for Historical Fiction lovers everywhere. :) ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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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. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Google Books — Ladataan... LajityypitMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Kongressin kirjaston luokitusArvio (tähdet)Keskiarvo:
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