"Neal Stephenson - Baroque Cycle 3 - The System of the World" - читать интересную книгу автора (Sterling Bruce)

*Females who are found guilty of High Treason are punished thus, rather than being subjected to the
indecency of what is about to happen to Jack.




*George Augustus of Hanover, later George II.




*A.k.a. James Stuart, тАЬThe Pretender,тАЭ son of the late former King James II, and would-be James III.




*One of the English titles of that same George Augustus of Hanover.




*Roger Comstock, Marquis of Ravenscar.




тАаThe Kit-Cat Clubb.




тАбAn allusion to the lightning-bolts forged by Vulcan; alternately, perhaps, golden guineas turned out by
the Mint, which was no longer under RogerтАЩs direction since Oxford and Bolingbroke had overthrown
the Whig Juncto, but still run by men associated with Roger, such as Newton.




┬зJupiter, to whom Vulcan supplied lightning-bolts; but possibly a cheeky allusion to George Louis of
Hanover, for whom, it was hoped, the Mint would soon be turning out guineas.




**Bolingbroke.




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