Synopsis
Quicksilver is the story of daniel waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of baroque-era europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight. It is a chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of "half-cocked jack" shaftoe -- london street urchin turned swashbuckling adventurer and legendary king of the vagabonds -- risking life and limb for fortune and love while slowly maddening from the pox.
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