1636: The Chronicles of Dr. Gribbleflotz (21) (Ring of Fire)

1636: The Chronicles of Dr. Gribbleflotz (21) (Ring of Fire)

A sparkling addition to the multipleÂ New York TimesÂ best-sellingÂ Ring of Fire alternate historyÂ series created by Eric Flint. An alchemist of the 17th centuryÂ confrontsÂ modern science with often amusing results.

Phillip Theophrastus Gribbleflotz, the world's greatest alchemist and a great-grandson of Paracelsusâ€”and a Bombast on his mother's sideâ€”was a man history had forgotten. But when the town of Grantville was transported by a cosmic accident from modern West Virginia to central Germany in the early seventeenth century, he got a second chance at fame and fortune.

The world's greatest alchemist does not make household goods. But with suitable enticements Gribbleflotz is persuaded to make baking soda and then baking powder so that the time-displaced Americans can continue to enjoy such culinary classics as biscuits andÂ gravy. Applying his superb grasp of the principles of alchemy to the muddled and confused notions the Americans have concerning what they call â€œchemistry,â€ Gribbleflotz leaves obscurity behind.

In his relentless search for a way to invigorate the quinta essential of the human humors, Gribbleflotz plays a central role in jump-starting the seventeenth centuryâ€™s new chemical and marital aids industriesâ€”and pioneering such critical fields of human knowledge as pyramidology and aura imaging. These are his chronicles.

About Eric Flintâ€™s Ring of Fire series:
â€œThis alternate history series is â€¦ a landmarkâ€¦â€â€”Booklist

â€œ[Eric] Flint'sÂ 1632Â universe seems to be inspiring a whole new crop of gifted alternate historians.â€â€”Booklist

â€œâ€¦reads like a technothriller set in the age of the Medicisâ€¦â€â€”Publishers Weekly
Country USA
Brand Baen
Manufacturer Baen
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2016-08-02
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781476781600

Country	USA
Brand	Baen
Manufacturer	Baen
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2016-08-02
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781476781600

1636: The Chronicles of Dr. Gribbleflotz (21) (Ring of Fire)

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