En 1714, tras la derrota inglesa ante los borbones, Sir Isaac Newton usa su poder como director de la Casa de la Moneda de Inglaterra para buscar el mítico Oro de Salomón, a la busca del Mercurio Filosófico imprescindible en sus estudios alquímicos. La ciudad de Londres es el nuevo e imponente protagonista de este incomparable fresco sobre el origen histórico de nuestro tiempo, con el enfrentamiento entre la nueva ciencia moderna de la Royal Society y la vieja alquimia, no siempre tan distantes como parecería.

I have finished the Baroque Cycle! The book and the trilogy were highly enjoyable. More importantly, there was an ending. Yes, it is true. A Stephenson novel had an ending. A fairly decent one too. I think System of the World was my favorite of the three books. It was constantly amusing me.

Always SO SAD to come to the end of this. Bravo to narrator Simon Prebble for making these books even more enjoyable than they are in print!!! ( )