Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursues knowledge in Baroque-era Europe while "Half-Cocked Jack" Shaftoe, legendary king of the vagabonds, and Eliza, rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become a spy, pursue exploits that reinvent the continent through the newborn power of finance.
Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursues knowledge in Baroque-era Europe while "Half-Cocked Jack" Shaftoe, legendary king of the vagabonds, and Eliza, rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become a spy, pursue exploits that reinvent the continent through the newborn power of finance.