1635: The Cannon Law

2006 novel by Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis August 2015 1635: The Cannon Law Cover of 1635 The Cannon Law.jpg Eric Flint andAndrew Dennis Tom Kidd United States English 1632 series Alternate history Baen Books September 26, 2006 Print (hardcover, e-book) 432 (hardcover) 1-4165-0938-0 1634: The Galileo Affair 1635: The Papal Stakes 1635: The Cannon Law is the sixth book and fifth novel published in the 1632 series by Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis.http://www.uchronia.net/label/flinassiti.html Uchronia: The Assiti Shards (1632) Series www.uchronia.net It is the second novel in the French-Italian plot thread, which began with 1634: The Galileo Affair and was published by Baen Books in 2006. The book explores the reactions of the Roman Catholic hardliners to Pope Urban VIII's actions in tolerating the new freedom of religion taking root in Central Europe during the climax of The Galileo Affair. Like all the preceding books in the series, it is set in the Thirty Years' War. The series deals with history and political life, American culture and a host of other things taken for granted in today's First World countries. Plot summary Following the events of 1634: The Galileo Affair, Pope Urban VIII has been won over to the actions of the Americans after being saved from his attempted assassination and his subsequent pardon of Galileo Galilei. However, Pope Urban's relations with the Americans and their allies earns the scorn of his historical enemy Cardinal Gaspar Borja y Velasco, who had been loudly critical of the actions, or inactions, of the Holy See in regard to Gustavus Adolphus, Galileo, and now Cardinal Larry Mazzare, and had been briefly banned from Rome by Urban. Cardinal Borja returns to Rome, though living in the outskirts of the city, and having cultivated allies with the Spanish element of the Vatican and acquiring the aid of Francisco de Quevedo y Villega, a mercenary agent provocateur, is ordered by King Philip IV of Spain to stir up trouble within Rome with the efforts of discrediting Urban and turning him into a lame duck pope after Urban failed to support Spain in her war against the United States of Europe (USE). Borja exceeds these orders, orchestrating a military coup to overthrow Urban, which also caused the deaths of Urban's political allies including his cardinal-nephew Antonio Barberini, and replace him with a Spanish puppet. Urban escapes from his second attempted death with the help from the American Roman embassy, leading to Borja being declared an Anti-Pope, with only Spain and its satellites recognizing his authority as the new Pope. Literary significance and reception Publishers Weekly was somewhat critical in their review, saying, "If this novel is not as rollicking as its predecessor, that may be because there really isn't anything funny about the Spanish Inquisition, Monty Python notwithstanding."2006-08-28 1635: The Cannon Law Publishers Weekly 253 34 36 0000-0019 http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4165-0938-7 Roland Green, reviewing for Booklist, was more positive, saying, "this is probably the strongest book in the magnificent saga since the opening volume 1632."Green Roland 2006-10-15 1635: Cannon Law Booklist 103 4 36 0006-7385 http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/23259763/1635-cannon-law https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024247/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/23259763/1635-cannon-law dead 2016-03-04 Alternate Link via EBSCO (institutional library access). The reviewer for SFRevu wrote that "the book has that iceburg feeling of inevitability" and that the "people of 1635 may be trying to get out of the path history set for them, but they're still driven by the same events and pressures that decided their fates the first time."http://sfrevu.com/php/Review-id.php?id=4398 1635: Cannon Law by Eric Flint & Andrew Dennis 2006-09-26 SFRevu Paul Haggerty 1635: The Cannon Law was listed on the Locus Hardcovers Bestsellers List for two months in a row at the end of 2006 and the beginning of 2007, peaking at number 8.http://www.locusmag.com/2006/Issues/12LocusBestsellers.html Locus Bestsellers, December 2006 Locus December 2006http://www.locusmag.com/2007/Issue01_LocusBestsellers.html Locus Bestsellers, January 2007 Locus January 2007 References External links 196499 1635: The Cannon Law collapsed Category:1632 series Category:2006 American novels Category:2006 English-language novels Category:Books by Eric Flint Category:Collaborative novels Category:Works set in 1635 Category:American science fiction novels Category:Novels set in the 1630s Category:Cultural depictions of Pope Urban VIII Category:Cultural depictions of Francisco de Quevedo