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Half a Crown: A Story of a World That Could Have Been

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Half a Crown: A Story of a World That Could Have BeenFor the first time in paperback, the culminating novel of Hugo and Nebula Award winner Jo Walton's stunning Small Change trilogy. Following the award winning Farthing and its sequel Ha'penny, Half a Crown is an amazing alternate world noir tale of resistance to encroaching fascism, from the author of Among Others. In 1941 the European war ended in the Farthing Peace, a rapprochement between Britain and Nazi Germany. The balls and banquets of Britain's

For the first time in paperback, the culminating novel of Hugo and Nebula Award-winner Jo Walton's stunning Small Change trilogy.
Following the award-winning Farthing and its sequel Ha'penny, Half a Crown is an amazing alternate-world noir tale of resistance to encroaching fascism, from the author of Among Others.

In 1941 the European war ended in the Farthing Peace, a rapprochement between Britain and Nazi Germany. The balls and banquets of Britain's upper class never faltered, while British ships ferried undesirables across the Channel to board the cattle cars headed east.

Peter Carmichael is commander of the Watch, Britain's distinctly British secret police. It's his job to warn the Prime Minister of treason, to arrest plotters, 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 British Power streetfighters, who consider the Government soft, may be the former king's bid to stage a coup d'etat.

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.
A literary Guernica--a top-notch thriller set in a terrified Britain that is all too willing to trade freedom for security, and which gets neither. --Cory Doctorow on Ha'penny

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 09/03/2013
ISBN: 9780765323156
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.54w x 0.86d
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Cute story with great illustration.
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We bought this book in 2015 for our 3 and 5 year old children. They still request it from time to time. It is a cute tale that is memorable with great art that the kids love.
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This book has so much emotion... and it's about a TREE! This is so beautiful. Here are four reasons I know it's beautiful: I cried the first four times I read it. I cried as I was telling some adult friends about it at a conference this weekend. I cried when I shared it with my three teenagers. I did NOT cry writing this review... but I almost did. :) Read it. DO IT. Seriously. It is BEAUTIFUL.
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great story
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My 3yr old and I love this book. She enjoys the pictures of all the little animals and trees and I enjoy the touching story. I have bought this book for a few of our friends kids birthday gifts too since we enjoy it so much.
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