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| Title | : | Dominion |
| Author | : | C.J. Sansom |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 629 pages |
| Published | : | January 28th 2014 by Mulholland Books (first published October 25th 2012) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Science Fiction. Alternate History. Thriller |
C.J. Sansom
Hardcover | Pages: 629 pages Rating: 3.82 | 10176 Users | 1209 Reviews
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C.J. Sansom rewrites history in a thrilling novel that dares to imagine Britain under the thumb of Nazi Germany.1952. Twelve years have passed since Churchill lost to the appeasers and Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany. The global economy strains against the weight of the long German war against Russia still raging in the east. The British people find themselves under increasingly authoritarian rule -- the press, radio, and television tightly controlled, the British Jews facing ever greater constraints.
But Churchill's Resistance soldiers on. As defiance grows, whispers circulate of a secret that could forever alter the balance of the global struggle. The keeper of that secret? Scientist Frank Muncaster, who languishes in a Birmingham mental hospital.
Civil Servant David Fitzgerald, a spy for the Resistance and University friend of Frank's, is given the mission to rescue Frank and get him out of the country. Hard on his heels is Gestapo agent Gunther Hoth, a brilliant, implacable hunter of men, who soon has Frank and David's innocent wife, Sarah, directly in his sights.
C.J. Sansom's literary thriller Winter in Madrid earned Sansom comparisons to Graham Greene, Sebastian Faulks, and Ernest Hemingway. Now, in his first alternative history epic, Sansom doesn't just recreate the past -- he reinvents it. In a spellbinding tale of suspense, oppression and poignant love, Dominion dares to explore how, in moments of crisis, history can turn on the decisions of a few brave men and women -- the secrets they choose to keep and the bonds they share.
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| Original Title: | Dominion |
| ISBN: | 0316254916 (ISBN13: 9780316254915) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | London, England,1952(United Kingdom) |
| Literary Awards: | Sidewise Award for Long Form (2012) |
Rating Regarding Books Dominion
Ratings: 3.82 From 10176 Users | 1209 ReviewsCriticism Regarding Books Dominion
A well researched alternative history marred by being delivered as a tawdry thriller, and with too much of a modern-day political hidden agenda.CJ Sansom has clearly done a lot of research and given a lot of thought to how history might have panned out had Lord Halifax rather than Churchill become Prime Minister in 1940 and had Britain gone on to sue for peace following Dunkirk.Had he simply written a fictional-history of the subsequent events, then I suspect this would have been a 4 star8/10The interesting thing with alternate history novels is how much you know about that time and what is factual and what is played upon. Im no history buff but even I know that Germany didnt win World War 2. The prologue sets things up nicely with Churchill not becoming Prime Minister and all shit hitting the fan before being introduced to the main characters some 10 years later. This is by far the longest audiobook Ive listened to and the narrator kept things moving nicely. I never got bored
Not So Imaginary All events that take place after 5:00 p.m. on 9 May 1940 are imaginary. The moment that the author refers to in his disclaimer is the scene which forms the brilliant climax to Michael Dobbs' Winston's War, the British cabinet meeting at which Neville Chamberlain, the discredited appeaser, resigns and Winston Churchill takes over as Prime Minister. But in Sansom's book, he doesn't; the job goes instead to Lord Halifax, better connected and the safer bet. Halifax, though, has less
Excellent "what if" book. I really enjoyed it.
A tough and powerful word, but an appropriate title for C J Sansoms new book. Famous for his Shardlake Tudor series, here Sansom brings us to 1952 in an alternate, authoritarian Britain which made peace with Hitler in 1940. Not formally occupied, Britain is nevertheless dominated by the Nazi regime. Its home-grown milice a vastly expanded and violent Special Branch working hand-in-hand with the Gestapo dispensing brutality from the basement of the German Embassy at Senate House patrols the
3 stars.The Book was okay with me, but it is not as good as the "Winter In Madrid" by the same author. The notion of alternate history looks awesome to me, but the picture which Sansom painted seemed a bit unrealistic to me.First of all, there is the question of who will succeed Hitler after his death. The best candidate for me would have been Göring. But in the book, he has died long before 1952, which is premature. The second best candidate, for me, would have been Rommel, but the author just
This book was a bit - well, miserable. In many ways it was well-written enough, in other ways some things annoyed me. But the fact is, I just didn't really enjoy it very much. I found I had to force myself to plough on to the end, and if I hadn't been listening to the audio book version, I'm pretty sure I would have put it aside for later about halfway through and not bothered to pick it up again. The premise intrigued me, which is why I chose it in the first place - it's set in a Britain which
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