Stephenson:Neal:Quicksilver:112:at Epsom (Neal Stephenson)

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Wilkins did spend much of the Plague Year at a nobleman's Epsom estate, working with Hooke and others. The real name of the estate was Durdans and the real name of the nobleman was the Earl of Berkeley. To create the fictional character of John Comstock, I have freely adapted elements from the lives of several English noblemen of the time, including Berkeley, John Evelyn, and Edward Hyde, the Earl of Clarendon.