King of the Vagabonds

Description:

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. --back cover ---------- Also contained in [Quicksilver: Volume One of The Baroque Cycle](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL38495W/Quicksilver)

subjects: historical fiction,  Kings and rulers,  Criminals,  Scientists,  Crimes against,  Fiction,  Counterfeiters,  Succession,  History,  Fiction, historical, general,  Fiction, action & adventure

People: Isaac Newton,  Jack Shaftoe,  Eliza,  Mother Shaftoe,  Dick Shaf

Places: Great Britain,  London,  Turkey,  Isle of Dogs

Times: Anne, 1702-1714,  1665