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1634: by: David Weber, Eric Flint List Price: £6.50 City Travel Guides Price: £5.20 You Save: £1.30 (20%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781416555889 ISBN: 1416555889 Label: Baen Books Manufacturer: Baen Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1072 Publication Date: November 11, 2008 Publisher: Baen Books Studio: Baen Books Sales Rank: 35234 Related Items:
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 Rating: - Battles and Betrothals all round!First let me say that this is a good book, even a very good book. It's full of action, plot and character development and does a nice job of propelling the Ring of Fire story forward whilst opening up an already engrossing world even further with more possibilities. In parts it is damn well near impossible to put down as the suspense build momentum towards the end of the novel. One of the things I've noticed mentioned about this book, and its predecessor is the nature of Oliver Cromwell depicted within. The recurring theme has been that many view him as a religious fanatic and thus find his inclusion and demeanour quite uncharacteristic in their eyes. However I would argue that Eric Flint and David Weber merely agree with the interpretation ... Read More: Rating: - Not Invented hereYet again Mr Flint shines through with the classic American "Not Invented Here" Syndrome (And don't get me started on his "Playing Fields of Eton" Diatribe.)* Anyway back to this book, I suppose it was a faint hope but given that the story does take place in Germany someone, somewhere might come up with the idea for making a copy of the Dreyse Needle Gun. Not only the worlds first production Bolt-action Rifle, but in general service with the Prussian Army decades before the Sharps, and anyway a superior design, with the percussion cap contained within the cartridge. I am not saying that this is not a good book, which it is, but perhaps someone should take their head out of their apple pie and exchange their colt 45 for a walther ppk P.s ... Read More: |
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