The United States of Atlantis, Harry Turtledove
The United States of Atlantis, Harry Turtledove
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The United States of Atlantis
A Novel of Alternate History

Author: Harry Turtledove

Narrator: Todd McLaren

Unabridged: 16 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/16/2008

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

England has driven the French from Atlantis, giving King George leave to tighten his control over the colonies. The Redcoats have seized the continent's eastern coastal towns, depriving the Atlanteans of the markets where they sell their goods as part of a strategy to bend the colonists to their will.

Instead, England's tactics have only strengthened the Atlanteans' resolve to be free. As leader of the revolutionaries, Victor Radcliff will make the English pay for each and every piece of land they dare to occupy, and will stop at nothing to preserve the liberty of his people as a new nation is born—a nation that will change the face of the world.

About Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove (he/him) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer whom Publishers Weekly has called the "Master of Alternate History." He has received numerous awards and distinctions, including the Hugo Award for Best Novella, the HOMer Award for Short story, and the John Esthen Cook Award for Southern Fiction. Turtledove's works include the Crosstime Traffic, Worldwar, Darkness, and Opening of the World series; the stand-alone novels The House of Daniel, Fort Pillow, and Give Me Back My Legions!; and over a dozen short stories available on Tor.com. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, novelist Laura Frankos, and their four daughters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nadienne

This is less a re-telling of the American Revolution as much as it is the personal Revolutionary War campaign history of one General Victor Radcliff, a sort of George Washington analogue for the setting. I'm not used to a Harry Turtledove story in which the entire story is told from the point of vie......more

Goodreads review by Krishna

An interesting tale that blends a new tale based on some history. I liked it and the characters are well written and not perfect.......more

Goodreads review by Nathan

It should be no surprise that this book is a stand-in for the American Revolution and the conditions and events that lead up to it. As such, I found it somewhat less than whelming. I'm aware that the precursors to the real-world American Revolution were complicated. Yet Turtledove more or less disti......more

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