![]() ![]() ![]() One day, information seeps through that some English scientist may have unknowingly learned some important details of the American nuclear program, which could prove disastrous if it fell into the wrong hands.Īnd as it so (typically) happens, that scientist is an old classmate of the protagonist, who is a Resistance informer. The characters are mainly Resistance people posted secretly in government departments. It is around this setting that Sansom’s much-lauded novel revolves. Operating from underground he runs a group of dissenters, not so ingeniously called the ‘Resistance’ Churchill is against this line of action, and foretells that sooner or later they will come after the English Jews as well he is accused of sedition and his party is banned. In Dominion, and contrary to reality, Winston Churchill is defeated and Beaverbrook comes to power, who makes peace with the Germans.Īll war hostility with Germany ceases and the British Jews are saved from persecution for the time being. The point at which the story digresses from true facts, is 1940, specifically the outcome of British Elections in 1940. In the case of Dominion, which falls under this genre, it wouldn’t be very troubling as most of us are familiar with WWII history. Alternative history is a genre that has a very niche audience because of the background knowledge one needs to have to really appreciate or even understand the work. ![]()
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