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Half A Crown (Small Change Trilogy Book 3) (English Edition) Kindle-editie

Engelstalige uitgave Jo Walton (auteur) Indeling: Kindle-editie

In 1941 the European war ended in the Farthing Peace, a rapprochement between Britain and Nazi Germany. The balls and banquets of Britain's upper class never faltered, while British ships ferried “undesirables” across the Channel to board the cattle cars headed east.

Peter Carmichael is commander of the Watch, Britain's distinctly British secret police. It's his job to warn the Prime Minister of treason, to arrest plotters, and to discover Jews. The midnight knock of a Watchman is the most dreaded sound in the realm.

Now, in 1960, a global peace conference is convening in London, where Britain, Germany, and Japan will oversee the final partition of the world. Hitler is once again on British soil. So is the long exiled Duke of Windsor - and the rising gangs of “British Power” streetfighters, who consider the Government “soft,” may be the former king's bid to stage a coup d'état.

Amidst all this, two of the most unlikely persons in the realm will join forces to oppose the fascists: a debutante whose greatest worry until now has been where to find the right string of pearls, and the Watch Commander himself.

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  1. Printlengte
    322 pagina's
  2. Taal
    Engels
  3. Uitgever
    Corsair
  4. toegankelijkheid
    Meer informatie
  5. Publicatiedatum
    24 december 2013
  6. Bestandsgrootte
    724 KB
  7. Bladeren
    Ingeschakeld
  8. Word Wise
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  9. Verbeterd lettertype
    Ingeschakeld
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Recensie

"Haunting...Like meticulously nested Matroyshka dolls, both Farthing and Ha'Penny reveal complex arguments layered in their elegantly structured narratives." --Sarah Weinman, Los Angeles Times

"Walton's understated prose and deft characterizations elevate this above similar works such as Fatherland and SS-GB." --Publishers Weekly

"Stunningly powerful.... A standout. Mainstream readers should be enthralled as well." --Publishers Weekly, starred review, on Farthing

"If le Carré scares you, try Jo Walton." --Ursula K. LeGuin on Farthing

"A subversive, trenchant and simultaneously dark and light piece of speculative fiction. Can I get an amen? ...The parallels between her Britain and today's climate are never didactic and always effective. It's also a book about husbands and wives, and about class and sex. It is quite an achievement, brothers and sisters. Hallelujah." --Bookslut on Farthing

"A stiff-upper-lip whodunit boasting political intrigue and uncomfortable truths about anti-Semitism." --Entertainment Weekly on Farthing

"Walton realizes an all-too-convincing alternate world in which the Third Reich but not its spirit was stopped at the English Channel. The characters are highly plausible, and in every aspect from the petty snobbery hampering the inspector to the we-don't-do-that-here conclusion, the plot encourages warily reconsidering the daily news." --Booklist on Farthing

"Amazing... One of the most compelling and chilling books of the year." --RT Book Reviews on Farthing

"A beautifully-written alternate history thriller by World Fantasy Award-winner Jo Walton, Farthing is a smart, convincing tale of a country's slide into fascism that's sure to entertain casual and genre readers alike." --Cinescope on Farthing

Over de auteur

JO WALTON won the Hugo and Nebula Awards for her novel Among Others and the Tiptree Award for her novel My Real Children. Before that, she won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and her novel Tooth and Claw won the World Fantasy Award. The novels of her Small Change sequence¿Farthing, Ha'penny, and Half a Crown¿have won acclaim ranging from national newspapers to the Romantic Times Critics' Choice Award. A native of Wales, she lives in Montreal.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00GHK71QS
  • Uitgever ‏ : ‎ Corsair
  • toegankelijkheid ‏ : ‎ Meer informatie
  • Publicatiedatum ‏ : ‎ 24 december 2013
  • Taal ‏ : ‎ Engels
  • Bestandsgrootte ‏ : ‎ 724 KB
  • Schermlezer ‏ : ‎ Ondersteund
  • Verbeterd lettertype ‏ : ‎ Ingeschakeld
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Niet ingeschakeld
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Ingeschakeld
  • Printlengte ‏ : ‎ 322 pagina's
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1472113023
  • Bladeren ‏ : ‎ Ingeschakeld

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  • Ken Anderson
    5,0 van 5 sterren Best of the series
    Beoordeeld in Canada op 24 oktober 2012
    Geverifieerde aankoop
    The previous books in the series were very good reads, but this finale (?) is the best in my opinion. An excellent book.
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  • Maria
    5,0 van 5 sterren Ultima parte
    Beoordeeld in Spanje op 29 mei 2014
    Geverifieerde aankoop
    Innecesario dar mi opinión. El que no haya leído el resto de la trilogía debería empezar por el principio, el que la haya leído no necesita mi recomendación. Quizá el más flojo de los tres, aún así, excepcional.
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  • anon
    5,0 van 5 sterren ... suffer from the usual trilogy-fatigue but it was a great read and a good end to the series
    Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 1 oktober 2017
    Geverifieerde aankoop
    Was worried this book would suffer from the usual trilogy-fatigue but it was a great read and a good end to the series.
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  • bane_op
    4,0 van 5 sterren Enjoyed it
    Beoordeeld in Italië op 28 mei 2020
    Geverifieerde aankoop
    It’s nice, keeps the pace with the first two books. I enjoyed it. However I find the conclusion far less plausibile than the rest, it seems closed in hurry.
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  • Truth and Responsibility
    5,0 van 5 sterren How things might have evolved in England in the 1930s
    Beoordeeld in Australië op 18 november 2018
    Geverifieerde aankoop
    I've just reviewed "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis. This book (and the two preceding books In the "Small Change" trilogy) is that story as it might have played out in England. Jo Walton has convincingly described how ordinary people will accept the deprivation of the liberty of others and carry on as if nothing was wrong. Martin Niemöller's "First They Came..." is a poem that describes how the process works, until suddenly it's you who is being arrested because of something someone said about you to someone in authority. A frightening decay of civilisation, conducted in the name of "security".
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