In a spellbinding tale of suspense, oppression and poignant love, Dominion dares to explore how, in moments of crisis, history can turn on the decisions of a few brave men and women-the secrets they keep and the bonds they share. Now, in the first alternative history epic from Sansom in the tradition of Robert Harris's Fatherland and Stephen King's 11/22/63, Sansom doesn't just recreate the past-he reinvents it. Sansom's literary thriller Winter in Madrid earned him comparisons to Graham Greene, Sebastian Faulks and Ernest Hemingway. Hard on his heels is Gestapo agent Gunther Hoth, a brilliant, implacable hunter of men, who soon has Frank, along with David's innocent wife, Sarah, directly in his sights.Ĭ.J. And in a Birmingham mental hospital, fragile scientist Frank Muncaster holds a secret that could alter the balance of the global struggle forever.Ĭivil Servant David Fitzgerald, a spy for the Resistance, is given the mission to rescue Frank and get him out of the country.
British Jews face ever greater constraints.īut Churchill's Resistance soldiers on. The press, radio and television are tightly controlled. Twelve years have passed since Churchill lost to the appeasers and Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany.
Sansom once again asserts himself as the master of the historical novel.ġ952. At once a vivid, haunting reimagining of 1950s Britain, a gripping, humane spy thriller and a poignant love story, with Dominion C.J. It was very interesting to create characters rooted in a time which I can just remember, as well as little details like the fact that everybody smoked, and it was routine for dogs to do their. Although it is an alternate history and many things are different, I try to catch the atmosphere of 1950 s Britain in such things as the general drabness, the intense socialĬonservatism, but also the importance of personal integrity as epitomized in characters like David and Sarah. Dominion's setting is Britain in 1952, the year I was born. What drew you to the particular era that your book depicts? What are some of the challenges and/or delights about writing about this time?Īs well as the Tudor era, I have always been very interested in European and British history before, during, and after the Second World War, and Winter in Madrid is also set within this broad period. Sansom, author of Dominion, about the definition of historical fiction and his fascination with history.Ĭould you tell us about your inspiration for writing Dominion?Įveryone who studies history seriously considers counterfactuals if a particular event, or decision, had gone differently, what would the effects on history have been? And of course one intriguing theme is what would have happened if Britain had been defeated or surrendered in 1940.
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