Where to shelve the Baroque Cycle?
Root also appears in Stephenson's The Baroque Cycle, which is set between 1666 and 1714.
Stephenson's subsequent work, The Baroque Cycle, provides part of the backstory to the characters and events featured in Cryptonomicon.
Jean Bart appears as a character in the Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson.
It is long, but a quick read (not nearly so dense as the last book of the Baroque Cycle) - you'll have no problem finishing in the allotted time.
Stephenson's Baroque Cycle, starting with Quicksilver is a wonderfully flamboyant book.
The story takes place in the same universe as the Baroque Cycle and Cryptonomicon.
I of the Baroque Cycle
The Baroque Cycle is a series of novels by American writer Neal Stephenson.
Further research into the period excited Stephenson and he embarked on writing the historical piece that became The Baroque Cycle.
