1901, Robert Conroy
1901, Robert Conroy
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1901

Author: Robert Conroy

Narrator: L.J. Ganser

Unabridged: 14 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/07/2020


Synopsis

The year is 1901. Germany's navy is the second largest in the world; their army, the most powerful. But with the exception of a small piece of Africa and a few minor islands in the Pacific, Germany is without an empire. Kaiser Wilhelm II demands that the United States surrender its newly acquired territories: Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines. President McKinley indignantly refuses, so with the honor and economic future of the Reich at stake, the Kaiser launches an invasion of the United States, striking first on Long Island.

Now the Americans, with their army largely disbanded, must defend the homeland. When McKinley suffers a fatal heart attack, the new commander in chief, Theodore Roosevelt, rallies to the cause, along with Confederate general James Longstreet. From the burning of Manhattan to the climactic Battle of Danbury, American forces face Europe's most potent war machine in a blazing contest of will against strength.

About Robert Conroy

Robert Conroy was a business and economic history teacher who lived in Detroit. His alternate-history novels include 1901, 1862, 1945, 1942, and Red Inferno: 1945. He died in 2014.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Arthur

A 14 and a half hour unabridged audiobook. I haven't read any alternate history in nearing two decades, and only that of Harry Turtledove. It's time to revisit an interesting genre and say hello to a new author (for me). This book just didn't do it for me. Don't get me wrong, it was okay. But at no......more

Goodreads review by Gilbert

A little-known fact about the military buildup of Germany at the end of the 19th Century is that contingency plans were developed for a German invasion of the United States of America. At the time, Germany had the best army in Europe (and probably the world) and America almost didn’t have one. Germa......more

Goodreads review by Jack

For a first novel, this is quite impressive and its plot/era is a nice change from typical alt-history books. Sometimes the book was quite slow and pages could’ve been in the middle of the book and given to the end, just to flesh out the climax slightly more. In terms of characters, it was a mixed b......more

Goodreads review by Tony

This novel was a mix of military and alternate history. The premise is somewhat unbelievable, even though Germany actually had real thoughts about invading the USA. The story line is intriguing nonetheless. Most of the characters, both historical and fictional, were somewhat interesting though two-d......more