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Harrison, Harry

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ISBN 10: 0345409337 ISBN 13: 9780345409331

Casa editrice: Del Rey, 1998

Riassunto

Acclaimed for his historical knowledge and his literary craftsmanship, the author of The Hammer and the Cross imagines what history might have been like if Great Britain had attacked America at the height of the Civil War.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Harry Harrison is famous for many major works of speculative literature, including The Stainless Steel Rat series, Make Room! Make Room! (the basis for the movie Soylent Green), and the West of Eden trilogy. He has won the Nebula Award, the Prix Jules Verne, and the Premio Italia. He lives in Ireland.

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unding epic of alternate history--a powerful blend of fact, fiction, and strategic possibilities--Harry Harrison poses a provocative what if scenario that would have changed the outcome of the U.S. Civil War--and the course of history. The result is an exciting, action-packed, hugely entertaining novel of war and weaponry on both sides of the Atlantic.

On November 8, 1861, in the Bahama Channel close to Cuba, a U.S. navy warship stopped a British packet, boarded her, and seized two Confederate emissaries on their way to England to seek backing for their cause. England responded with rage . . . and with calls for a war of vengeance. The looming crisis was defused by the peace-minded Prince Albert.

But what if fate had intervened? Imagine how his absence during this critical moment might have changed everything. For lacking Albert's calm voice of reason, Britain now seizes the opportunity to attack and conquer a crippled, war-torn America.

Ulysses S. Grant is pois

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Del Rey
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0345409337
• ISBN 13: 9780345409331
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 338
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile