In 1941, a treaty between England and Germany unravels--and so does a
different World War II.
In Harry Turtledove's mesmerizing alternate history of World War II, the
choices of men and fate have changed history. Now it is the winter of
1941. As the Germans, with England and France on their side, slam deep
into Russia, Stalin's terrible machine fights for its life. But the
agreements of world leaders do not touch the hearts of soldiers. The war
between Germany and Russia is rocked by men with the courage to aim
their guns in a new direction.
England is the first to be shaken. Following the suspicious death of
Winston Churchill, with his staunch anti-Nazi views, a small cabal
begins to imagine the unthinkable in a nation long famous for respecting
the rule of law. With civil liberties hanging by a thread, a conspiracy
forms against the powers that be. What will this daring plan mean for
the European war as a whole?
Meanwhile, in America, a woman who has met Hitler face-to-face urges her
countrymen to wake up to his evil. For the time being, the United States
is fighting only Japan--and the war is not going as well as Washington
would like. Can Roosevelt keep his grip on the country's imagination?
Coup d'Etat captures how war makes for the strangest of bedfellows. A
freethinking Frenchman fights side by side with racist Nazis. A Czech
finds himself on the dusty front lines of the Spanish Civil War, gunning
for Germany's Nationalist allies. A German bomber pilot courts a
half-Polish, half-Jewish beauty in Bialystock. And the Jews in Germany,
though trapped under Hitler's fist, are as yet protected by his fear of
looking bad before the world--and by an outspoken Catholic bishop.
With his spectacular command of character, coincidence, and military and
political strategies, Harry Turtledove continues a passionate, unmatched
saga of a World War II composed of different enemies, different
allies--and hurtling toward a horrific moment. For a diabolical new
weapon is about to be unleashed, not by the United States, but by Japan,
in a tactic that will shock the world.
Praise for Coup d'Etat
"Turtledove's masterful presentation of an alternate WWII reaches its
fourth volume with its quality undiminished. . . . A tribute to [his]
commanding skills."--Booklist (starred review)
"For lovers of alternative history, and particularly the very popular
Turtledove with his appealing weaponry, battle tactics, and setting
details, this story will satisfy. It sets out to entertain . . . and
that it does."--Historical Novels Review
"The book's grand scope and Turtledove's impressive historical knowledge
are admirable."--Kirkus Reviews
