1634: The Bavarian Crisis
1634: The Bavarian Crisis (Ring of Fire) Eric Flint, Virginia DeMarce,
Publisher: Baen
ISBN: 1439132763
DDC: 813
Edition: Mass Market Paperback; 2009-06-30
Summary:
The Thirty Years War continues to ravage 17th century Europe, but a
new force is gathering power and influence: the Confederated
Principalities of Europe, an alliance between 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. The CPE has the know-how of 20th century technology,
but needs iron and steel to make the machines. The iron mines of the
upper Palatinate were rendered inoperable by wartime damage, and
American know-how is needed on the spot to pump them out and get the
metal flowing again—a mission that will prove more complicated than
anyone expects. In the maelstrom that is Europe, even a 20th century
copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica can precipitate a crisis, when
readers learn of the 1640 Portuguese revolt, a crisis that will
involve Naples as well. Another factor: Albanian exiles in Naples,
inspired by the Americans, are plotting to recover lost Albanian
turf, which will precipitate yet another crisis in the Balkans. This
troubled century was full of revolutions and plans for more
revolutions before the Americans arrived, and gave every would-be
revolutionary an example of a revolution that succeeded. Europe is a
pot coming to a boil, and Mike Stearns will have his hands full
seeing that it doesn't boil over on to Grantville and the CPE.
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