1634

The Bavarian Crisis

De: Eric Flint, Virginia DeMarce

Narrado por: George Guidall

The Thirty Years' War continues to ravage seventeenth-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 twentieth century, led by Mike Stearns, who were hurled centuries into the past by a mysterious cosmic accident.

The CPE has the know-how of twentieth 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 twentieth-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.

©2007 Eric Flint & Virginia DeMarce (P)2015 Recorded Books

yet another trip to the alternate time

a bit slow at first but as the characters were fleshed out it does up

Good,

But it is a little harder to follow than previous books. More non grantville characters to follow.

Love stories?

Mostly a series of love stories with some interesting adventures set int the seventeenth century.

For the love of God...

please stop coauthoring with this Virginia D. The stupidity & downright BS (short for bull$hite) are infuriating.

The idiotic and nonsensical tangents these storylines take are just f-ing stupid.

Stick.
To.
The.
Godsdamned.
F-ing.
Story.

We don't need, nor want, all this stupid political maybe-mense crap. Tell the F-ing story and be done with it for God's sake.

***

20 hours in but...

Got to give credit where credit is due, possibly the funniest dialog I've heard in the last dozen audiobooks I've read.

(as he is going out to check for dangers)
Her - "Don't get shot."
Him - "Just a little ray of sunshine this morning, aren't we?"

My gods, I nearly laughed my butt off the couch.

Audio editing needs work

The audio editing was a significant distraction for me throughout the listen. The audio used exponential fade at most cuts and often more than half a word or more was lost. It made for very confusing listening at times. Disappointed that this has marred a terrific and engaging story.