The initial premise was incredible, but the characters were bland and the tail end of the plot full of holes. By the end of the novel (which is very, very long) I was begging for the finale, only for the plot to peter out with a meagre poof and a cliché showdown. In the ‘60s an underground rebellion forms, with the sole aim of removing Hitler from power and freeing minorities from two decades of senseless persecution – but will the rebels be able to defeat a force that has controlled the world for so long? And even if they manage it, will Europe accept these changes after so many years of Nazi rule?ĭominion started strong, with fascinating historical facts interwoven with subtle elements of fiction, but this was quickly diluted by paragraphs upon paragraphs of extraneous details. In Sansom’s reimagining of 1940s politics, Winston Churchill was never prime minster, World War II never came to a head and Europe subsequently became a passive pawn to Nazi Germany’s bid to eradicate all Jews. Sansom’s Dominion, an alternative history mixed with dystopian thriller set in 1960s Britain.
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