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A Retired Brigadier General, Adam DePrince, is reluctantly called out of retirement to combat an enemy he thought he had helped to destroy fifteen years ago. The Hanseatic League is a worldwide terrorist organization bent on total domination and the destruction of all world governments. It is once again on the rise. Despite his protests, the General agrees to once again help his old friend Admiral Hiram Johnson stop the menacing Hanseatic League, before the group carries out the most daring terrorist attack the world has ever seen. The Hanseatic League is a fast-paced thriller that takes the reader from the corners of Africa, to the mountains of Europe, and the power centers of England and the United States. If you pick up this book you won't be able to put it down until you've read every word. If you never believe in anything else, you will believe in the Hansa!
The Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive federation of merchant guilds based in harbour towns along the North Sea and Baltic coasts of what are now Germany and her neighbours, which eventually dominated maritime trade in Northern Europe and spread its influence much further afield. The League was formed to protect the economic and political interests of member cities throughout a vast and complex trading network. The League continued to operate well into the 17th century, but its golden age was between c.1200 and c.1500; thereafter it failed to take full advantage of the wave of maritime exploration to the west, south and east of Europe. During its 300 years of dominance the League's large ships – called 'cogs' – were at the forefront of maritime technology, were early users of cannon, and were manned by strong fighting crews to defend them from pirates in both open-sea and river warfare. The home cities raised their own armies for mutual defence, and their riches both allowed them, and required them, to invest in fortifications and gunpowder weapons, since as very attractive targets they were subjected to sieges at various times.
The Companion to the Hanseatic League discusses the importance of the Hanseatic League for the social and economic history of pre-modern northern Europe. Established already as early as the twelfth century, the towns that formed the Hanseatic League created an important network of commerce throughout the Baltic and North Sea area. From Russia in the east, to England and France in the west, the cities of the Hanseatic League created a vast northern maritime trade network. The aim of this volume is to present a “state” of the field English-language volume by some of the most respected Hanse scholars. Contributors are Mike Burkhardt, Ulf Christian Ewert, Rolf Hammel-Kiesow, Donald J. Harreld, Carsten Jahnke, Michael North, Jürgen Sarnowsky and Stephan Selzer.