Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 18, 2013. Try authorities who don't always have to knuckle under to a muckraking press who print gossip about the private peccadilloes of princes and princesses. I am sure there is supposed to be some kind of irony in this, writing about parts of what sounded like it could have been “the current world” as an “alternate world romance” in an “alternate reality” or “alternate history” [except that the novel read by Bushell made slaves of both blacks and Native Americans]. Since we didn't gain independence from the british, everyone... flies in dirigibles instead of airplanes? Their cross-country search shows off a lower-tech world, in which people get around in dirigibles and steamer cars, and old-style powers like Austria, Prussia and the Ottoman Empire vie for dominance. This could have been a really interesting concept read instead it falls short. I highly enjoy the cameos of numerous historical figures, such as Sir Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, and even ‘Tricky Dick’ Nixon. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. There's a problem loading this menu right now. There's a super-obvious romance, and a plot-twist villian.

Given how "NYPD Blue's" Sipowicz talks, if he was in this story, it would be bloody this and bloody that. The plot was plodding and the characters predictable. The trouble is, that this could have been a great ripping yarn, a real daring do story. Says "rather" and "old chap" all the time? [like how, when Sam and Thomas were cruising over what would have been Minnesota, Sam exclaims how there must be ‘ten thousand lakes down there!’ In addition, the “science romances” (such as the one that Bushell was specifically reading) that were mentioned involving parallel world where the NAU had become free and was a superior power in the ‘modern world’ seemed both pretty “normal” and cheesy to me (162 – 163). In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.

Colonel Thomas Bushell, the government’s most fearless agent, is the only man who can stop them. Imagine if the American Revolution never happened, there was no such thing as the USA and North America was still part of the British Empire. There are no discussion topics on this book yet.

Hardly a meal was missed in the weeks over which the book's plot unfolds. Never again. It's real strength lay in its ability to create a very believable world, always the main requirement of a good Alternative History novel. Still a fun read in alternate history. A lot of background into a painting of the Two Georges and the mystery it holds. The world of The Two Georges is one in which the American war of independence never happened and America is still part of the British Empire and a very important part at that, with the Franco Spanish Alliance pushing at its borders in the Sout. --. We follow a plucky police detective as he unravels this conspiracy. I felt considering the time placement technology was surprisingly less modern but it was a good plot with well drawn characters. Unable to add item to List. The Two Georges - A Very Interesting Alternate History! Will Oscar-winning actor Dreyfuss collect any new awards for his first novel, coauthored with a Hugo-winning master of alternative SF (Worldwar: Tilting the Balance, Forecasts, Jan. 22)? Compre online Turtledove - The Two Georges Characters: Governors-General of the North American Union, Andrew Jackson, George Washington, Martin Luther King, Stephen ... Benjamin Franklin, Charles III of Britain, de Source: Wikia na Amazon. [such as learning his ex-wife Irene may have cuckolded him with more men of title than he ever realized, despite how their marriage ended, [I could not quite decide if that was due to her being Bushell’s developing love interest over the course of the novel, but she was better fleshed out as a (wounded) character over the course of the novel. The same with the engines on dirigibles – one would think that they would be gasoline-powered or some other kind of fuel-base as opposed to steam. But this one works out to be a pretty good scenario on how this country would function as a colony of England. Gainsborough's painting, The Two Georges (the symbol of the unity between the British Empire and the North American Union), is held for ransom by the fanatical Sons of Liberty. Missed opportunity for a great ripping yarn. The first that comes to mind is. Royal American Mounted Police Colonel Thomas Bushell is responsible for its protection when outside the museum a prominent public figure is murdered, by gunfire no less. A lot of background into a painting of the Two Georges and the mystery it holds.
The central plot is a fairly simple mystery about the theft of a national artistic treasure on tour. Can you picture L.A. bobbies patrolling Joe Friday's streets? Very little of that was offered, so if that is typical of the genre, then maybe it deserves a higher rating. Bushell must recover the pa. Ohmigosh, this alternative-history-equivilent novel, in which the colonies separated from Britain - what rubbish! Ugh. Something went wrong.

A book that wasn't action based per as but crime based. A most enjoyable read. I don't know if Harry Turtledove is doing a Ron Goulart number and ghostwriting Richard Dreyfuss' story premise the way Goulart did with William Shatner's books. Never thought of Richard Dryfuss as a writer until I read this book the first time 20 years ago. A story of murder, intrigue, and a stolen painting portrays America as it might have been, had George Washington surrendered to George III, For Want of a Nail: If Burgoyne had won at Saratoga (Greenhill Military Paperback), For Want of a Nail: If Burgoyne Had Won at Saratoga, Return Engagement (Settling Accounts, Book 1), The Disunited States of America: A Novel of Crosstime Traffic (Crosstime Traffic, 4), The Center Cannot Hold (American Empire, Book Two) (Southern Victory: American Empire). Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. A world in which the American Revolution was delayed by an agreement between King George and George Washington. Never thought of Richard Dryfuss as a writer until I read this book the first time 20 years ago. I may give it another 70 pages or so but if after that I can't get into it off to the used book store pile it goes.

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