Stars and Stripes in Peril (Stars & Stripes Trilogy (Paperback))

ISBN: 0345409361

Author: Harrison, Harry

Condition: New

"HARRY HARRISON IS ONE OF SCIENCE FICTIONS MOST PROLIFIC AND ACCOMPLISHED CRAFTSMEN."-The New York Times Book ReviewIn the midst of Civil War, a stunned North and South join forces to combat a sudden attack of British troops. Though the Americans are victorious, three years later a new threat emerges. Her Majestys Army is massing for a possible attack through Texas. Into the gauntlet Lincoln sends his chosen angel of death, General Ulysses S. Grant-while his top soldiers, including Robert E. Lee and William Tecumseh Sherman, plan the most daring naval invasion ever launched: an assault on British soil itself.Stars and Stripes in Peril is the new masterwork from one of the worlds most provocative authors. Venturing beyond a fascinating question of what if? Harry Harrison brilliantly examines the people and passions that make up nations both great and small-and shows how technology and politics had the power to shape historys first great World War . . . half a century before it began . . ."Lovers of novels of alternate history hold Harry Harrison in high regard and his latest book can only enhance that esteem."-Abilene Reporter News