tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post6096380681821440246..comments2024-03-26T22:05:12.894+00:00Comments on Bear Alley: Robert Harris: Cover GalleryStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-60314011738349322832014-06-18T20:17:42.780+01:002014-06-18T20:17:42.780+01:00"another alternate history in which Dreyfus i..."another alternate history in which Dreyfus is discovered to be... the opposite of what he was actually discovered to be."<br /><br />It's an alarming aspect of early twentieth century anti-Semitism that there were attempts to do just that. A frightening example is G.K. Chesterton's <i>The duel of Doctor Hirsch</i> http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~mward/gkc/books/Complete_Father_BrownRoger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-47940513385358151762011-10-17T10:15:43.923+01:002011-10-17T10:15:43.923+01:00Phil,
Archangel isn't alternate history, as y...Phil,<br /><br /><i>Archangel</i> isn't alternate history, as you say, but the basic plot has Stalin's (fictional) son at its centre and I kind of group the book in with <i>Fatherland</i> for its "What If..." premise. Which is a better description than what I actually said. Blame the late nights!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-4478991341358685732011-10-17T09:53:09.308+01:002011-10-17T09:53:09.308+01:00I'd echo the praise for his Roman books - defi...I'd echo the praise for his Roman books - definitely worth finding time for! (and 'Selling Hitler' was a real page-turner too; the fact that it's supposed to be based on real life only makes it more compulsive). <br /><br />One thing that does surprise me about your post, however, is the description of 'Archangel' as an "alternate history" novel. Of course there&Phil Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11115717268103349676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-75346782925569189512011-10-16T23:10:53.519+01:002011-10-16T23:10:53.519+01:00Well, I've got both Pompeii and Lustrum. Looks...Well, I've got both Pompeii and Lustrum. Looks like I'm going to have to add them to my "to read soon" pile.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-21053340416696898922011-10-16T19:34:11.130+01:002011-10-16T19:34:11.130+01:00Love all of Harris's novels but his Roman sequ...Love all of Harris's novels but his Roman sequence is the best. Can't wait for the follow up to Lustrum!Dave Gibbonsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-69827613744369863852011-10-16T11:06:01.822+01:002011-10-16T11:06:01.822+01:00Pompeii was a brilliant book, as was The Ghost. Th...Pompeii was a brilliant book, as was The Ghost. The latter was a superb film although as usual with a filmic treatise of a novel, there were some significant changes from the book.Mike Wnoreply@blogger.com