Fatherland
by:
Robert Harris (author)
ISBN:
9780745175485 (0745175481)
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
War,
Thriller,
Crime,
Dystopia,
Alternate History,
Germany
Set in 1964 in a world where Germany won the war (although Russia still holds out against them), a series of events drag detective Xavier March into an investigation loaded with danger.As he picks his ways through the clues, the atmosphere gets more and more tense as he has to watch his every step.T...
bookshelves: alternative-history, mystery-thriller, published-1992, spring-2014, re-visit-2014, re-read, wwii, nazi-related Read from May 07, 2006 to May 07, 2014 BBC DescriptionA chilling adaptation of Robert Harris's best-selling novel set in an imaginary Hitler-led post-war Germany. Nazi Germa...
I thought Fatherland was such a good read! Alternate history intrigues me and I think this particular point in history is one of the most speculated about when it comes to 'what if's'. What if Germany won WWII?To begin with I found it hard to lose myself in the alternate reality because my mind kep...
Cliched, predictable and utterly boring.
at time of writing a clear four-star, with all the changes the world has experienced since 1993, seems more and more a quaint piece of historica.premise: Germany wins WW2. the emotional thrust of the story is 'uncovering the truth about the Holocaust.' I may look this work up again on ibooks, maybe ...
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