The System of the World (novel)

The System of the World, a novel by Neal Stephenson, forms the third volume in The Baroque Cycle.

The title alludes to the third volume of Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which bears the same name.

Main characters

• Eliza
• Bob Shaftoe - brother of Jack Shaftoe
• Jack Shaftoe
• Daniel Waterhouse

Other characters

• Henry Arlanc - Huguenot, friend of Jack Shaftoe, porter at the Royal Society
• Mrs. Arlanc - Wife of Henry
• Roger Comstock - Marquis of Ravenscar, Whig ally of Daniel Waterhouse
• Will Comstock - Earl of Lostwithiel
• Édouard de Gex - Jesuit fanatic
• William Ham - Goldsmith nephew of Daniel Waterhouse.
• Otto van Hoek - Captain of the Minerva.
• Mr. Kikin - Russian diplomat in London.
• Norman Orney - London shipbuilder.
• Mr. Threader - Tory money-scrivener
• Charles White - Tory who bites peoples ears off.

Historical figures who appear as characters in the novel

• Gottfried Leibniz
• Thomas Newcomen
• Isaac Newton
• Peter the Great
• Christopher Wren
• Caroline of Ansbach
• George I of Great Britain
• George II of Great Britain
• Sophia of Hanover
• The Most Noble Captain-General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Earl of Marlborough, Baron Churchill of Sandridge, Lord Churchill of Eyemouth, KG, PC
• Catherine Barton

External link

• The System of the World at the MetaWeb wiki.