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Old 04-09-2012, 06:58 PM   #57
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The books try to be historically accurate right up to the time that Granville appears in Germany in 1651.

Gustav Adolphus doesn't die on November 6th, 1632 in the books because the appearance of Granville is sufficient to change his actions.
There is also a bit of conspiracy theory worked in-- the whole Shakespeare isn't really the Shakespeare author is getting a bit tiring.

I also find it quite a stretch that everyone in a relatively poor coal mining town in the US knows every intimate detail of the 30 Years' War. I would be willing to bet that most American's don't know there was one, let alone where it was or who fought in it.

All that being said I really enjoyed the first book. I thought books 2 & 3 were just okay.
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