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Ten years on from the events of the second book in the series, Ha'penny, Peter Carmichael is now 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 âBritish Powerâ streetfighters, who consider the Government âsoft,â 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.
Also check out the other books in Jo Walton's audacious and thrilling Small Change trilogy, set in an alternate future where Winston Churchill has been overthrown by a cabal of aristocratic families allied with Adolf Hitler, leading to the Fuhrer becoming the ruler of Europe!
Paperback, 320 Pages, This Ed. Publ. 2013
Author: Jo Walton