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The system of the world / Neal Stephenson

In 1714 London, natural philosopher Daniel Waterhouse returns to a centre of financial and scientific conspiracy. As political factions anticipate the queen's death, a conflict between alchemists and counterfeiters threatens the newborn British monetary system.

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