The Thirty Years War continues to ravage 17th century Europe, but a new force is gathering power and influence: the United States of Europe, a new nation led by Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, and the West Virginians from the 20th century led by Mike Stearns who were hurled centuries into the past by a mysterious cosmic accident. While the old entrenched rulers and manipulators continue to plot against this new upstart nation, everyday life goes on in Grantville, even under the shadow of war, as this lost outpost of American freedom and justice must play David against a 17th century Goliath of oppressive feudalism.
Praise for the New York Times Best-Selling Series:
". . . gripping and expertly detailed . . . a treat for lovers of action-SF or alternate history . . . battle scenes depicted with power . . . distinguishes Flint as an SF author of particular note, one who can entertain and edify in equal, and major, measure."
—Publishers Weekly (in a starred review)
"[This] alternate-history saga . . . is certainly a landmark in that subgenre. . . . A splendid example of character-centered alternate-history, this is a must read for its series' growing fandom."
—Booklist (Starred Review)
". . . takes historic speculation to a new level in a tale that combines accurate historical research with bold leaps of the imagination. Fans of alternate history and military sf should enjoy this rousing tale of adventure and intrigue."
—Library Journal
"This alternate history series is already one of the best around and each new entry appears better than the previous one, a seemingly impossible feat . . . terrific. . . ."
—The Midwest Book Review
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Product ReviewAs a standalone book, it's all very well. Character development, loads of scheming and action. I reckon reading just the 'second half' of the novel "1636: The Saxon Uprising" is more than sufficient -- but then I'm the odd sort of person who does not want a damned load of backstory. I just want the story!
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Product ReviewThere is something deeply wrong with the overall idea execution.
Republican Americans, in order to build anew United States as an example of democracy, freedom and security for all ally themselves with MOST autocratic regime available simply because what? Author's liking. While ignoring largest contemporary democracy in Europe, only state with decreed and enforced freedom for Jews, only country without Inquisition of any form more than mild annoyance.
Which later is attacked on the grounds of eradicating serfdom...
I would like to see what will happen next: Poland is broken and that leaves open for Ottoman Empire road into Europe. Or he already forgot that between 1620 and 1640 there were at leas two wars there?
Whole premise for series is sound and interesting. But it shows also educationa weaknes in the west. In Europe there is Germany on the edge, Austria maybe with Prague and everything is just woods and polar bears.Posted on
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Product ReviewAfter reading "The Bavarian Crisis", this was a welcome change. Good pace, good story, an interesting twist at the end (although the story seems half-finished, and as with all the books, it is difficult to find out which part to read next).
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Product ReviewAnother novel cut in half so Baen can milk it. Buy "1636: The Saxon Uprising" and read them back-to-back and you'll get the original novel, which deserves 5 stars. The action is good, the military strategy questionable, and we're left hanging as the book ends halfway through. Since it's a "main-line" novel written by Eric Flint, buy it. The books by other authors in this series are hit or miss, with very little military action and WAY too much character development and dialog.
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Product ReviewThe story continues to move along well. To answer another reviewer, I think there have been several stories in the Grantville Gazettes that deal with the 'East". My only complaint is the horrible formatting in the Cast of Characters in any version (HTML, Kindle, RTF).
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Product ReviewNow it is now no suprise that East Europe was discovered in 16xx series only in 7th (or so) book, when from begining it was bordering USE. It was simply annoying that for 3 years east of USE existed a big black hole .. now after reading this book I can understand why and I can only recommend it to people who are ignorant about history.
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Product ReviewJust started the book, so my rating is only for the formatting of the Mobi/Kindle version.
In that version (as opposed to the HTML version), paragraphs are not indented, nor is there additional leading/line spacing between paragraphs. This makes it harder to read.
If the Kindle version looked like the HTML version, it would be much easier to read.
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