Dominion

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Indeed the best bit of the book is the 10 page or so explanation at the end, which contains everything of value in the 500 pages of the novel. Sansom makes him such a sad, forlorn soul it was hard not to feel sorry for him and want to give him a big hug. I suppose that this book might be compared, at least superficially, with It Can’t Happen Here, Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 novel warning of the dangers of fascism in America.

It is a political thriller set in the early 1950s against the backdrop of a Britain that has become a satellite state of Nazi Germany. There is a young Queen on the throne, Rememberance Day is still celebrated at the Cenotaph, and Richard Dimbleby still reads the BBC News. He was born in 1952 and was educated at the University of Birmingham, where he took a BA and then a PhD in history. If so, I imagine it was rejected many times over for the perceived faults that I'll go into here and other reviewers have commented on. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, has announced his intention to resign, discredited by Britain’s disastrous campaign against the Germans in Norway.

His brother is now lives in America and is working on the atomic project, but is over to for their mother’s funeral. Sansom takes a break from his Shardlake series to offer Dominion, an absorbing, thoughtful, spy-politico thriller set in the fog-ridden London of 1952 . But on his hissy fit all else follows; the Gestapo follow, the British fascist police follow, the British resistance follow; Churchill himself follows. Davido žmona Sara, nieko nenutuokianti apie vyro veiklą, staiga atsiduria pasaulyje, kuris yra baisesnis, nei ji kada nors galėjo įsivaizduoti.

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 dismal and dirty streets. Halifax, though, has less stomach for war, and sues for peace after pulling the British army out of France at Dunkirk. For me, the affair between David and Natalia, who runs a safe house for the Resistance, wasn't necessary, and I wasn't a fan, so I'm not entirely sure of the reasons behind it. This can be infuriating, especially when the plot itself gets underway and we know exactly what the baddies are doing and planning. I don’t care what path the author takes to tell the story as long as I can follow what’s going on.One more gripe: the last 18 pages of the book are taken up with a historical note, which seeks to explain his counter-factual view. J. Sansom wrote it, and the second is because it's an alternate universe of, in my opinion, one of the most interesting periods of history.