1634: THE BALTIC WAR – snippet 27:
Chapter 9
Magdeburg
Thorsten found the office easily enough. After he entered Government House, for the first time since he’d settled in Magdeburg, he discovered a big plaque posted right next to the entrance that listed every office in the building and specified which floor they were on and even gave the room they were using a number. Then, once he reached the third floor, there was another plaque facing the stairwell that listed the offices on that floor—with arrows pointing either to the left or right, along with the name and number of the office. Only a village idiot could not have managed to find their way.
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1624: THE BALTIC WAR – snippet 26:
The emperor’s real territorial ambitions were toward the east. First, once the war with the Ostenders was over, Mike knew that Gustav was determined to punish the Electors of Brandenburg and Saxony for their treacherous behavior by expropriating their territories outright. He’d do what he’d already done with Mecklenburg and Pomerania, simply add them to the USE as provinces.
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Now that 1824: The Arkansas War is out, Del Rey has graciously allowed us to post the ENTIRE text of 1812: The Rivers of War on this site, Eric's blog, and the Baen Free Library.
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1624: THE BALTIC WAR – snippet 25:
The emperor got a distracted look on his face. “Speaking of which, when do you propose to hold the elections?” He gave Mike a look through those bright blue eyes that reminded Stearns rather forcefully that the emperor was a very shrewd man, beneath the sometimes blustery exterior. “You know—if you were a proper schemer and plotter—you would hold the elections right in the middle of the campaign. Most Germans would be more comfortable with Wilhelm Wettin as their Prime Minister, I think also. But… in time of war? I’m not so sure, Michael. You might get re-elected.”
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