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1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 23

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 23 PART II November, 1636     Axe-age, sword-age, shields are cleft asunder,     Wind-age, wolf-age, before the world plunges headlong     “The Seeress’s Prophecy,” The Poetic Edda Chapter 7 Breslau (Wroclaw) Capital of … Continue reading →

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 22

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 22 Add to that the fact that the official commander of the Grand Army of the Sunrise was a Jew, which was widely known. Morris wasn’t just “a” Jew, either. A lot of … Continue reading →

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 21

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 21 “Don’t say it! Don’t say it!” exclaimed Judy and Cecilia Renata simultaneously. **** The time turned out to be just about what Judy had figured. At this time of year, sunset came … Continue reading →

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 20

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 20 Chapter 5 Vienna, official capital of Austria-Hungary Now under Ottoman occupation “I can’t play another word game today,” said Judy Wendell–Judy the Younger, as she’d been called in a previous existence, since … Continue reading →

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 19

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 19 Being fair about it, she had a hard edge herself and knew that people often had trouble determining if she was joking or not when she said similar things. Some people, for … Continue reading →

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 18

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 18 Chapter 4 Breslau (Wroclaw) Capital of Lower Silesia By the time the guard got the door to his room open, Jozef Wojtowicz had moved from the bed to the armchair. He’d placed … Continue reading →

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 17

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 17 Chapter 3 Wiśniowiecki town house Warsaw, Poland After the servant poured the wine, Prince Jeremi Wiśniowiecki waved his hand dismissively. The servant, whose name Wiśniowiecki didn’t know–it had never occurred to him … Continue reading →

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 16

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 16 She could hear the clatter of horses–quite few of them–arriving in the square below, but they were out of sight of the window she was standing at. Some large party had arrived … Continue reading →

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 15

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 15 Chapter 2 Breslau (Wroclaw) Capital of Lower Silesia In the chamber in Breslau’s town hall that Gretchen Richter used as her headquarters, Josef Wojtowicz was leaning over another map, also spread across … Continue reading →

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 14

1637 – The Polish Maelstrom – Snippet 14 “I think the emperor is right, Michael,” said Rebecca. Now it was her turn to lean over the map and plant a forefinger on it. In her case, on the western coast … Continue reading →