Stars and Stripes Forever by Harry Harrison
First in a trilogy which tells the story of a mid-19th century war that never happened. Prince Albert dies of typhoid before he can rewrite an intemperately-worded dispatch by Britain's Prime Minister, Lord John Russell, to Abraham Lincoln. Emotions in Washington and London escalate.
This pacy novel is an ingenious contribution to the burgeoning genre of "what if?" historyMail on Sunday on STARS AND STRIPES Plausible as well as highly entertaining. Harrison does a masterful job of demonstrating how this became the first modern war, and changed forever the way nations conducted their affairs. Science Fiction Chronicle on STARS AND STRIPES Verve and pace carry it through. Time Out on STARS AND STRIPES The tight writing and grasp of the period's technology is impressive. Yorkshire Post on STARS AND STRIPES
Harry Harrison is one of the grand masters of science fiction. Besides his action stories - he is the creator of THE STAINLESS STEEL RAT - he has become a leading author of the alternate-world novel. An authority on the American Civil War, his REBEL IN TIME is an exciting look at a different possible ending to that war. In A TRANSATLANTIC TUNNEL, HURRAH! he takes a light-hearted look at a modern world where the Americans lost their 1776 revolution and Britain rules the world supreme. This trilogy examines the other side of that coin, a world in which America and Britain confront each other at the dawn of an era of mass destruction.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340689189 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340689188 |
| Title | Stars and Stripes Forever |
| Author | Harry Harrison |
| Series | Stars And Stripes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 1998-05-21 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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