The Baroque Cycle

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historical fiction work novel series science fiction work

The Baroque Cycle is a sprawling historical science-fiction trilogy by Neal Stephenson that blends 17th- and 18th-century politics, early modern science, cryptography, and adventure.

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Label	Occurrences
The Baroque Cycle canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical fiction work ⓘ novel series ⓘ science fiction work ⓘ
author	Neal Stephenson NERFINISHED ⓘ
awarded	Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
featuresCharacter	Daniel Waterhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ Eliza NERFINISHED ⓘ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz NERFINISHED ⓘ Isaac Newton NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Shaftoe NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis XIV NERFINISHED ⓘ William of Orange NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublicationYear	2003 ⓘ
genre	adventure fiction ⓘ alternate history ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ
hasPageCountApprox	2500 ⓘ
hasPart	Quicksilver NERFINISHED ⓘ The Confusion NERFINISHED ⓘ The System of the World NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lastPublicationYear	2004 ⓘ
literaryMovement	postmodern literature ⓘ
mainTheme	cryptography ⓘ early modern science ⓘ economics ⓘ emergence of modern finance ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ politics ⓘ
notableFor	complex, interwoven narrative structure ⓘ detailed depiction of the scientific revolution ⓘ exploration of the origins of modern computing concepts ⓘ integration of real historical figures with fictional characters ⓘ
numberOfVolumes	3 ⓘ
periodDepicted	Age of Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ Scientific Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisher	HarperCollins NERFINISHED ⓘ William Morrow NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
settingLocation	England NERFINISHED ⓘ France NERFINISHED ⓘ Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ the Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ

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