Category: Snippets

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 39 What Morris did remember clearly and vividly was his surprise at hearing von Mercy and his other top officers project that it would take the Grand Army of the Sunrise–God, what a … Contin…

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 38 Chapter 15 Breslau (Wroclaw) Capital of Lower Silesia In the end, they decided to take the children with them. Pawel would ride behind Christin; Tekla would ride in front of Jozef. Basically, ……

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 37 “I read up about it,” Kelly continued. “There’s different kinds of alcoholics, Gammas and Betas. Your Gammas are the falling-down drunks. Betas are different. They drink too m…

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 36 Chapter 14 Kelly Aviation Hanger Grantville International Airport, State of Thuringia-Franconia “Damn, that’s a beautiful plane, if I say so myself.” Looking up at the Kelly Wasp fl…

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 35 She paused, doing some quick calculations. By now, after the sieges of Amsterdam and Dresden and the seizure of Silesia, Gretchen was quite well versed in military affairs. “The soonest you cou…

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 34 PART III December, 1636 There comes the dark dragon flying, In his wings he carries corpses “The Seeress’s Prophecy,” The Poetic Edda Chapter 13 Breslau (Wroclaw) Capital of Lower S…

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 33 He gave Denise’s mother a look that wasn’t skeptical, just questioning. “This is not a big problem for the people going to Vienna, because Noelle and Denise just have to be seen, &#…

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 33 He gave Denise’s mother a look that wasn’t skeptical, just questioning. “This is not a big problem for the people going to Vienna, because Noelle and Denise just have to be seen, &#…

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 32 Chapter 12 Breslau (Wroclaw) Capital of Lower Silesia “We’re agreed, then?” asked Gretchen. She pointed at Lukasz, who was sitting against one of the walls of the room close to the …

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 31 Chapter 11 Pescia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany Italy “I assure you we will be undisturbed here,” Fakhr-al-Din said to Mike Stearns. “I have used this villa before, both as a retreat and …