I don't think these books have been mentioned before on this forum. Has anyone read them? If so what did you think?
If you haven't read them, I would strongly recommend you get hold of a copy of "The Children's War". It won the Sidewise Award 2002 and IMO is the best AH book ever written. It is really three books, totalling over a thousand pages. The POD is that Hitler does not attack the Soviet Union and consequently defeats Britain. In the present day, the Third Reich and the USSR are allies in a cold war against the USA. It is set in England, Germany, America and Poland (the author is an American of Polish descent living in Germany) and is impressively realistic and well written - it makes you feel "this is what it would be like to live in a victorious Third Reich". It is on a completely different level to "Fatherland"! The only thing that disappointed me about it is that we learn nothing about the world outside of Europe and North America. I haven't yet read "A Change of Regime", the sequel, but I am definitely going to.
"The Separation" is not as good, but it is still well worth reading. The POD is that Britain makes peace with Germany in 1941, shortly before Germany attacks the Soviet Union (which Britain has foreknowledge of). The USA, after finishing off Japan (without the aid of Atomic weapons) turns on the Chinese Communists and then allies with Germany to destroy the Soviets. In the present day, Germany and America have both bankrupted themselves with massive military spending due to a cold war with each other, and continual resistance to their separate occupations from the peoples of the former Soviet Union. The neutral British Empire has emerged as the 21st Century's sole superpower (the author is British).
We don't learn a lot about the AH, because the bulk of the story is about two brothers and what they did during the War. I have to say, I found it too confusing for me to really work out what was going on at times, although I think it is meant to be confusing. It was also quite thought provoking, as was "The Children's War". Actually, the main characters in "The Separation" are a bit boring - far more entertaining are Rudolf Hess and Winston Churchill who both play a big part in the plot. Churchill is so convincingly written that I could almost believe he could have made peace with the Third Reich.
If you haven't read them, I would strongly recommend you get hold of a copy of "The Children's War". It won the Sidewise Award 2002 and IMO is the best AH book ever written. It is really three books, totalling over a thousand pages. The POD is that Hitler does not attack the Soviet Union and consequently defeats Britain. In the present day, the Third Reich and the USSR are allies in a cold war against the USA. It is set in England, Germany, America and Poland (the author is an American of Polish descent living in Germany) and is impressively realistic and well written - it makes you feel "this is what it would be like to live in a victorious Third Reich". It is on a completely different level to "Fatherland"! The only thing that disappointed me about it is that we learn nothing about the world outside of Europe and North America. I haven't yet read "A Change of Regime", the sequel, but I am definitely going to.
"The Separation" is not as good, but it is still well worth reading. The POD is that Britain makes peace with Germany in 1941, shortly before Germany attacks the Soviet Union (which Britain has foreknowledge of). The USA, after finishing off Japan (without the aid of Atomic weapons) turns on the Chinese Communists and then allies with Germany to destroy the Soviets. In the present day, Germany and America have both bankrupted themselves with massive military spending due to a cold war with each other, and continual resistance to their separate occupations from the peoples of the former Soviet Union. The neutral British Empire has emerged as the 21st Century's sole superpower (the author is British).
We don't learn a lot about the AH, because the bulk of the story is about two brothers and what they did during the War. I have to say, I found it too confusing for me to really work out what was going on at times, although I think it is meant to be confusing. It was also quite thought provoking, as was "The Children's War". Actually, the main characters in "The Separation" are a bit boring - far more entertaining are Rudolf Hess and Winston Churchill who both play a big part in the plot. Churchill is so convincingly written that I could almost believe he could have made peace with the Third Reich.