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    1637: The Polish Maelstrom
    1637: The Polish Maelstrom
    1637: The Polish Maelstrom
    Audiobook15 hours

    1637: The Polish Maelstrom

    Written by Eric Flint

    Narrated by George Guidall

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    About this audiobook

    A new addition to the four-time New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series. After carving a place for itself among the struggling powers of 17th century Western Europe, the "out-of-time" modern town of Grantville, West Virginia must fight for its life against Dark Age domination. Alternate history master Eric Flint returns in top form with an epic addition to the multiple New York Times best selling Ring of Fire series. A cosmic accident sets the modern town of Grantville, West Virginia, down in war-torn seventeenth century Europe and a new nation is forged. Now when United States of Europe ally King Gustavas of Sweden invades Poland, the U.S. of E. is dragged into a full-scale European war against ruthless opponents. Meanwhile Mike Stearns, wily and courageous leader of the up-time West Virginians, has been turned out of office in an election. But, like Churchill (before and after him) Stearns is not done yet. He's determined to stoke the fires of democratic rebellion in Saxony near the main front, and thus keep the young nation he founded, and once led, out of the hands of medieval tyrants-tyrants who would like nothing better than to wipe those troublesome upstarts from the future off the timeline and go back to the bad old days of oppression and serfdom.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateApr 2, 2019
    ISBN9781501962097
    1637: The Polish Maelstrom

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    • 4/5
      Another Good book exploring another area of europe and the impact of the grantvillers
    • 4/5
      Poland politics are coming to the fire and things are getting more interesting. More of Mike Stearns' long term plans are becoming visible. He laid very long term plans. The personalities are interplaying interestingly.
    • 5/5
      A splendid addition to this excellent and sustaining series. Your vocabulary and sense of history about things Polish are about to expand. Europe at this time is a chessboard filled with Queens, King, knights, castles and pawns plotting and making moves that will produce a different history than the one we know...The politics of empire, kingdom and state building provide Flint with opportunity for a nudge here and a twich there that will reverberate down the years. His knowledge of the history and its players enable him to produce a new symphoney from its former notes.
    • 4/5
      A solid entry in the long-running, wide-ranging Ring of Fire series. The focus this time is on the east, Poland and environs. There's a lot going on, and a lot of characters to keep track of, but Flint ably keeps all of the balls in the air. Some military action, and a lot of political and military maneuvering makes for a lively story.Not a good place to start, but fans of the series will definitely want to read this.