The Mouse That Roared

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The Mouse That Roared is a novel about an imaginary country in Europe called the Duchy of Grand Fenwick that comes to defeat the United States.

The tiny (3 miles by 5 miles) European Duchy of Grand Fenwick, nestled in the Alps between Switzerland and France, proudly retains a pre-industrial economy, dependent almost entirely on making Pinot Grand Fenwick wine.

When an American winery makes a knockoff version, "Pinot Grand Enwick," it quickly puts the tiny country on the verge of bankruptcy. The Prime Minister decides that their only course of action is to declare war on the United States. Expecting a quick and total defeat (since their standing army is tiny and equipped with bows and arrows), the country confidently expects to rebuild itself through the generous largesse that the United States bestows on all its vanquished enemies (as it did for Nazi Germany through the Marshall Plan at the end of World War II.)

Instead, the Duchy defeats the mighty superpower, purely by accident: landing in New York City, almost completely deserted aboveground because of a city-wide disaster drill, the Duchy's invading "army" wanders to a top secret government lab and unintentionally captures the Q-bomb, a prototype doomsday device that could destroy the world if triggered.
 
Err... cool. But I think ASB so anyway. Is it an actual novel and if it is who wrote it? Is it new or something?

Jim
 
The Mouse That Roared is a novel about an imaginary country in Europe called the Duchy of Grand Fenwick that comes to defeat the United States.

The tiny (3 miles by 5 miles) European Duchy of Grand Fenwick, nestled in the Alps between Switzerland and France, proudly retains a pre-industrial economy, dependent almost entirely on making Pinot Grand Fenwick wine.

When an American winery makes a knockoff version, "Pinot Grand Enwick," it quickly puts the tiny country on the verge of bankruptcy. The Prime Minister decides that their only course of action is to declare war on the United States. Expecting a quick and total defeat (since their standing army is tiny and equipped with bows and arrows), the country confidently expects to rebuild itself through the generous largesse that the United States bestows on all its vanquished enemies (as it did for Nazi Germany through the Marshall Plan at the end of World War II.)

Instead, the Duchy defeats the mighty superpower, purely by accident: landing in New York City, almost completely deserted aboveground because of a city-wide disaster drill, the Duchy's invading "army" wanders to a top secret government lab and unintentionally captures the Q-bomb, a prototype doomsday device that could destroy the world if triggered.

Been mentioned, I think one of the members of this board is named after the country. It is also in the wrong section.
 
The Mouse that Roared, and the other books in the series, were written by Leonard Wibberley. The 1959 movie does take some liberties with the book (not the first or last time) but is enjoyable.

The follow up movie, The Mouse on the Moon, is interesting, but not quite as funny.
 
The Mouse That Roared is a novel about an imaginary country in Europe called the Duchy of Grand Fenwick that comes to defeat the United States.

The tiny (3 miles by 5 miles) European Duchy of Grand Fenwick, nestled in the Alps between Switzerland and France, proudly retains a pre-industrial economy, dependent almost entirely on making Pinot Grand Fenwick wine.

When an American winery makes a knockoff version, "Pinot Grand Enwick," it quickly puts the tiny country on the verge of bankruptcy. The Prime Minister decides that their only course of action is to declare war on the United States. Expecting a quick and total defeat (since their standing army is tiny and equipped with bows and arrows), the country confidently expects to rebuild itself through the generous largesse that the United States bestows on all its vanquished enemies (as it did for Nazi Germany through the Marshall Plan at the end of World War II.)

Instead, the Duchy defeats the mighty superpower, purely by accident: landing in New York City, almost completely deserted aboveground because of a city-wide disaster drill, the Duchy's invading "army" wanders to a top secret government lab and unintentionally captures the Q-bomb, a prototype doomsday device that could destroy the world if triggered.
How does it land on NY in first place?
Bow and arrows?:eek:
 
They hire a small ship to cross the ocean and head back. It's sort of a tramp steamer. There are several other books that followed the novel. The books are better than the movie. The movie is still good, and stars Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, William Hartnell and Leo McKern.
 
there other novel about the Duchy of Grand Fenwick. :D

were the Duchy disrupts the world's finances, becomes a financial superpower.

in another novel they strike on the largest oil deposit in the world.
 
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