Stumper:First Novel-Germany
Dates: 2/19/02,11:48 AM through 2/28/02,1:18 PM (3 postings)
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FROM: "Shirley Gidley" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/19/02, 11:48 AM
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FROM: Molly Williams <[removed]@adelphia.net>
REC'D: 2/19/02, 12:20 PM
Book is about 1,200 pages long.
Summary:
What if the Nazis had won WWII? This isn't the first time a writer
has tried to visualize that possibility, but nuclear physicist
Stroyar comes up with perhaps the most lavishly detailed scenario so
far, realistically describing an alternate 21st century in her
massive debut. The author, whose own family suffered under the
Nazis, spent a decade on research and travel to Eastern Europe and
areas of the former U.S.S.R. With frightening authenticity, she
weaves a gripping page-turner that revolves around two men who
strive to undermine the Nazi regime. First is Peter Halifax, an
Englishman with multiple identities who was orphaned at a young age,
adopted by the Underground, betrayed and then doomed to a life of
abuse. Then there is Richard Traugutt, an ambitious Nazi official
who secretly spearheads the Polish resistance movement's efforts to
infiltrate the Third Reich and hasten its demise. When Peter
miraculously escapes a life of tortured servitude to a ruthless Nazi
official, he blunders into the Polish underground. As Peter and
Richard's complex stories unfold, the author layers her fictional
tale of modern-day life in the Third Reich with historical accounts
of actual atrocities as well as the role of the Polish resistance
movement during WWII. The most daring section of the book showcases
the underground's plan to use Peter's tragic story as a means to
gain support from the North American Union, the only free territory
in the world. The author's uncompromising portrayal of an American
public inured by evidence of atrocities and only interested in
sensationalist personal revelations is a strong indictment of
civilized society. Those entranced by what-if scenarios will find
plenty to delight them in these pages.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
~ Molly Wms.
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Molly Williams
Volunteer, Waterboro Public Library (Maine)
daily library weblog: http://www.waterboro.lib.me.us/blog.htm
Shirley Gidley wrote:
> Need your collective help pinning down the title of a book, please!
> Author & title unknown. Book was probably published last year by a
> woman author, first novel, 800-1000 pages long, about Germany, possibly
> during WWII. It's categorized mystery or alternative history, as in,
> what if Germany won the war. I checked Novelist with these keywords to
> no avail. sound familiar to anyone?
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FROM: "Shirley Gidley" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/28/02, 1:18 PM
>From: Molly Williams <[removed]@adelphia.net>
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>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: Stumper:First Novel-Germany
>Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:16:48 -0500
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>Sounds like The Children's War by J. N. Stroyar
>
>Book is about 1,200 pages long.
>
>Summary:
> What if the Nazis had won WWII? This isn't the first time a writer
>has tried to visualize that possibility, but nuclear physicist
>Stroyar comes up with perhaps the most lavishly detailed scenario so
>far, realistically describing an alternate 21st century in her
>massive debut. The author, whose own family suffered under the
>Nazis, spent a decade on research and travel to Eastern Europe and
>areas of the former U.S.S.R. With frightening authenticity, she
>weaves a gripping page-turner that revolves around two men who
>strive to undermine the Nazi regime. First is Peter Halifax, an
>Englishman with multiple identities who was orphaned at a young age,
>adopted by the Underground, betrayed and then doomed to a life of
>abuse. Then there is Richard Traugutt, an ambitious Nazi official
>who secretly spearheads the Polish resistance movement's efforts to
>infiltrate the Third Reich and hasten its demise. When Peter
>miraculously escapes a life of tortured servitude to a ruthless Nazi
>official, he blunders into the Polish underground. As Peter and
>Richard's complex stories unfold, the author layers her fictional
>tale of modern-day life in the Third Reich with historical accounts
>of actual atrocities as well as the role of the Polish resistance
>movement during WWII. The most daring section of the book showcases
>the underground's plan to use Peter's tragic story as a means to
>gain support from the North American Union, the only free territory
>in the world. The author's uncompromising portrayal of an American
>public inured by evidence of atrocities and only interested in
>sensationalist personal revelations is a strong indictment of
>civilized society. Those entranced by what-if scenarios will find
>plenty to delight them in these pages.
>Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
>
>~ Molly Wms.
>--
>Molly Williams
>Volunteer, Waterboro Public Library (Maine)
>daily library weblog: http://www.waterboro.lib.me.us/blog.htm
>
>Shirley Gidley wrote:
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>>Need your collective help pinning down the title of a book, please!
>>Author & title unknown. Book was probably published last year by a
>>woman author, first novel, 800-1000 pages long, about Germany, possibly
>>during WWII. It's categorized mystery or alternative history, as in,
>>what if Germany won the war. I checked Novelist with these keywords to
>>no avail. sound familiar to anyone?
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