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A review by nietzschesghost
Liberation Square by Gareth Rubin
4.0
Having recently read up on WWII and the roles the Germans, Americans and Soviets, as well as others, played in it, this was the perfect, if terrifying, follow-up. It is a work of alternative history genius and it's intriguing and quite frightening to read such an intense book based on what could have been. What makes it frightful is that Stalin and Hitler have been shown to have at the least respected each other's positions - probably because psychopaths tend to recognise their fellow kind.
This piece of highly original speculative fiction tells of the takeover of British shores by Nazi Germany before the Soviets and Americans invade and split the country in two with the addition of a partition wall, much like the Berlin wall. You can tell almost instantaneously that the author knows his onions when it comes to WWII and he fills the story full of spies, intrigue, political upheaval, corruption, treachery, duplicity, secrets, lies, constant security threats and a whole host of other themes. It is a thrilling, gripping, intelligent and all too plausible historical mystery.
Liberation Square is well written and impeccably paced with twists and turns aplenty, and I feel this could be enjoyed by a wide range of people but especially those who appreciate murder mysteries, speculative fiction/alternative histories, espionage. Historical fiction aficionados will also find much to admire here as the period detail is very accurately portrayed. It beggars belief that this is Mr Rubin's debut. I look forward to reading more from him in the future.
Many thanks to Michael Joseph for an ARC.
This piece of highly original speculative fiction tells of the takeover of British shores by Nazi Germany before the Soviets and Americans invade and split the country in two with the addition of a partition wall, much like the Berlin wall. You can tell almost instantaneously that the author knows his onions when it comes to WWII and he fills the story full of spies, intrigue, political upheaval, corruption, treachery, duplicity, secrets, lies, constant security threats and a whole host of other themes. It is a thrilling, gripping, intelligent and all too plausible historical mystery.
Liberation Square is well written and impeccably paced with twists and turns aplenty, and I feel this could be enjoyed by a wide range of people but especially those who appreciate murder mysteries, speculative fiction/alternative histories, espionage. Historical fiction aficionados will also find much to admire here as the period detail is very accurately portrayed. It beggars belief that this is Mr Rubin's debut. I look forward to reading more from him in the future.
Many thanks to Michael Joseph for an ARC.