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    1636: The Cardinal Virtues
    1636: The Cardinal Virtues
    1636: The Cardinal Virtues
    Audiobook12 hours

    1636: The Cardinal Virtues

    Written by Walter H. Hunt and Eric Flint

    Narrated by George Guidall

    3.5/5

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    Book #19 in the multiple New York Times bestselling Ring of Fire series.

    After carving a free state for itself in war-torn 17th-century Europe, citizens of the modern town of Grantville, West Virginia, must contend with France's infamous Cardinal Richilieu, who is determined to keep his grip on power no matter what history says.

    France, 1636 … It has been twenty years since King Louis took Aña Maria Mauricia, daughter of Spain's King Philip III, as his wife, and their union has not yet produced an heir. Under the guidance of his chief minister, Cardinal Richelieu, a plan is developed to remedy that situation. Once she is with child, Queen Anne goes into seclusion to guard her health and protect her from those who would prefer that the child is never born—France's foreign enemies as well as schemers such as Monsieur Gaston d'Orleans, the King's younger brother and heir. When the Crown's opponents make their move, factions inside and outside France must choose sides and help determine the future and fate of the kingdom.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJul 7, 2015
    ISBN9781490695037
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    • 4/5
      Things are really developing in France -- the timeline has definitely diverged at this point with the "early" death of Richelieu and King Louis and the subsequent taking of the crown by Gaston.
    • 4/5
      Another niche in the Grantville Saga is nicely filled by this visit to French History. Eric Flint is an excellent teller of stories and this one visits an intriguing political arena; France during the time of Monsieur, the Pretender to the Throne. Richelieu, was the consummate intriguer in this period and is well matched by the King's and Gaston's Medici mother. The fearsome Spanish Tercio is challenged by uptime weapons and troops trained by a former P>E. teacher and a women as well. Radio communications assist some strategies and complicate others.
    • 2/5
      I am a rabid fan of this series, so I read everything. This book was bad, dull, scattered, by the end I didn't care what happened to these people, even the baby, even the maybe dead Cardinal.Advice for rabid fans, get from your public library (don't pay for It) and skim it just enough to know what plots advancements have been made, who is now where.
    • 1/5
      I enjoy the Grantville series but am not a rabid fan. This book is a complete ripoff not even worthy of one star. Even multivolume series are supposed to have some level of dramatic resolution at the end of each book. This one fails the test. It sets a scene, provides a few new characters and mostly moves the pieces around the geographic and dynastic board to set up the NEXT book. Even at $9.99 for the e-book a total ripoff and thus ONLY for people in TOTAL love with the series.