1635-The Tangled Web
Though the Thirty Years Wars continues to ravage 17th century Europe, history as it once happened has been strongly deflected by the new force which is rapidly gathering power and influence: the United States 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 Ring of Fire.
The USE has know-how of 20th century technology, but the American traditions of freedom and justice is having an even stronger impact on Europe, and the rulers of Europe are powerless to stuff the Grantville genie back into the bottle.
Virginia DeMarce, a trained historian and co-author of the New York Times best seller, 1635: The Bavarian Crisis, continues the saga of the time-lost Americans as seen through the eyes of both Americans and Europeans, as the Americans try to make sense of the strange world into which they have been hurled, and the Europeans try to understand the abilities and behavior of the visitors from the future. The result is a volume that will be irresistible to the thousands of fans of the Ring of Fire series.
Cover Art by Tom Kidd
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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
First printing, December 2009
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data DeMarce, Virginia Easley, 1940– 1635 : the tangled web / Virginia DeMarce. p. cm.— (The Ring of Fire series) ISBN 978-1-4391-3308-8 (trade pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648—Fiction. 2. Time travel—Fiction. 3. Europe—History—17th century—Fiction. I. Title. II. Title: Sixteen thirty-five. PS3604.E448A615 2009 813'.6—dc22 2009037540
Printed in the United States of America
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ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-3308-8 ISBN-10: 1-4391-3308-5
Copyright© 2009 by Virginia DeMarce
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