1635, Eric Flint
1635, Eric Flint
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1635
The Cannon Law

Author: Eric Flint, Andrew Dennis

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 15 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/26/2015


Synopsis

Rome, 1635, and Grantville's diplomatic team, headed by Sharon Nichols, are making scant headway now it has become politically inexpedient for Pope Urban VIII to talk to them any more. Sharon doesn't mind, she has a wedding to plan. Frank Stone has moved to Rome and is attempting to bring about the revolution one pizza at a time. Cardinal Borja is gathering votes to bring the Church's reformers to a halt in their tracks, on the orders of the King of Spain. Meanwhile, trouble is brewing in the streets, shadowy agitators are stirring up trouble and Spain's armies are massed across the border in the Kingdom of Naples, Cardinal Barberini wants the pamphleteers to stop slandering him and it looks like it's going to be a long, hot summer. Except that Cardinal Borja has more ambitions than his masters in Madrid know about, and has the assistance of Spain's most notorious secret agent to bring about his sinister designs.

About Eric Flint

Eric Flint was a bestselling American author and editor celebrated for his influential contributions to science fiction and alternate history. He is best known as the creator of the Ring of Fire series, which begins with 1632, a landmark novel that reimagines a modern American town transported to seventeenth-century Europe. The series became a cornerstone of the genre, praised for its blend of rigorous historical detail, political realism, and expansive world-building.

Flint's writing frequently explored themes of social change, technology, and collective action, often emphasizing how ordinary people shape history under extraordinary circumstances. In addition to his novels, he was a longtime editor at Baen Books, where he championed innovative storytelling and supported emerging voices in speculative fiction. His collaborative projects and open-universe approach helped redefine how shared-world series could evolve.

Known for his clear, energetic prose and idea-driven narratives, Eric Flint's work translates especially well to audiobook format, where the scope and momentum of his stories shine. His legacy endures through a vast body of work that continues to engage listeners who enjoy intellectually stimulating, history-rich speculative fiction.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Winston on March 31, 2013

I really dislike Virginia DeMarce as an author. I'm pretty sure that I could properly label the writer of each chapter in this book by how painful I found it to read. The fact that the story spends more time describing the different familial arrangements for Thanksgiving dinner then it does the reac......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy on June 08, 2011

I like the Ring of Fire, but good God, this was tedious. The writing isn't totally clunky or anything, and there are some decent bits - anything relating to the actual plot was just fine. But a very large chunk of the book is devoted to the kind of infinitely boring family dynamics that are only of......more

Goodreads review by Debrac2014 on June 09, 2018

This story was on a par with the Ram Rebellion, tho had it's moments! I never thought I'd see Nasi riding off into the sunset on a motorcycle!......more

Goodreads review by Joe on November 03, 2014

I really loved the 1st couple books of the series (1632 and 1633) but since it's become a franchise with different writers, things have gone down hill a bit. It's simply too ambitious as far as big ideas and plot goes, and still tries to have good characters and character moments. While it succeeds......more

Goodreads review by Dan on March 11, 2018

2018 re-read: About 2/3rds of this is drudgery comprised of who won't attend Easter diner with who, how obnoxious old crones hate each other, their family, and the world, mixed inwith familial strife and chapter after chapter of familial minutiae. The last 15% or so makes it worth skimming ove the e......more