About this title: As the Thirty Years War continues to ravage Europe, the American town hurled from the 20th to the 17th century by a mysterious force has aroused the implacable hostility of Cardinal Richelieu of France, who has allied with this old enemies to stop this new threat to privilege and power. But the Americans and their Swedish allies are also moving ...
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Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Baen Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743499194ISBN:0743499190
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers show moderate edge wear. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Baen
Date Published: 2005-07-26
ISBN-13:9780743499194ISBN:0743499190
Description: Very Good. Mild shelf and corner wear; Mild spine creases; Mild tanning to page edges; Minimal rubbing\wear to covers and spine; ** Free USPS tracking and confirm on US orders ** read more
Description: Very Good. Baen, PB, 2004, cover art by Tom Kidd. Lightly used, clean, tight, no markings or highlighting, one bumped corner, light wear otherwise. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Baen Books, Riverdale, New York
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743499194ISBN:0743499190
Description: Fine. Paperback. 6 3/4h x 4 1/4w. A very interesting 675 page paperback science fiction action adventure novel. Stated first paperback printing, 2005. It features a small West Virginian mining town transported through time via wormhole back to 17th century Germany. In this installment, the time traveling townsfolk find themselves with the Cardinal Richelieu of France, who will do anything to stop a threat to his power, while working in Venice to prevent a plague and dealing with a Venetian ... read more
Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Baen, New York
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780743488150ISBN:0743488156
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 0743488156 The covers of the book and the dust jacket have a little shelf wear. There is a little dust darkening on the top edge of the pages. This is an alternate history about a group of 20th century West Virginians who affect the 30 Years War. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Baen Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780743488150ISBN:0743488156
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Minor corner bumping. Light edgewear to the dust jacket which is in a protective mylar cover. Clean, tight copy. Cover art by Tom Kidd. read more
"The plot of "The Galileo Affair" (4th or 5th or something in the 1632 series) follows the USE embassy to Venice, where Tom "Stoner" Stone's sons find themselves quickly involved with the local "Committee of Correspondence" and without really intending to find that they're planning a raid to rescue Galileo from the clutches of the Inquisition. Whether he needs it or not. While I find the whole 1632 series pretty dense with politics and huge numbers of minor (if historically major) characters and occasionally hard to wade through, I cannot deny that they're amazingly educational - especially to someone who apparently didn't absorb much European history back in high school. I especially appreciated that this story shed a great deal of light on the intricacies of the historical Galileo conflict and exploded the myth that the Catholic church was after him purely because they were a bunch of backward, anti-scientific ignoramuses with an inadequate understanding of Scripture and a power structure to protect. The real issues were considerably more subtle, and had a great deal to do with the fact that (a) Galileo could not really prove his theories, and (b) was nevertheless a real jerk about it, seemingly going out of his way to pick fights with other astronomers who probably even agreed with him and also insulting the Pope pretty blatantly in his book. In addition, "The Galileo Affair" contains quite a bit more action and adventure than earlier books in the series, and I found it a more engaging read."
"I read the first in the series: 1632 and liked it, but I just couldn't get into this book. There wasn't much of a plot and any historical information was buried in too many words."
"Possibly the funniest of the 1632 series, this one deals with the chaos swirling around the Church's trial of Galileo ... and the efforts of a half-assed bunch of revolutionaries and their American teenaged friends to stop it."
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