Rule Britannia (Virago Modern Classics #120)
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- Synopsis
- FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCAIn this prescient novel, Daphne du Maurier explores the implications of leaving Europe for a political, economic and military alliance with the United States.'It is rather awful, Emma thought as she walked across the fields down to the farm, how this business is leading us all into subterfuge and deception, and we can't really tell who is friend and who is enemy . . . 'Emma wakes up one morning to an apocalyptic world. The cosy existence she shares with her grandmother, a famous retired actress, has been shattered: there's no telephone, no radio - and an American warship sits in the harbour. England has withdrawn from the European Common Market and, on the brink of bankruptcy, has decided that salvation lies in a union - political, military and economic - with the United States. Theoretically it is to be an equal partnership, but it soon begins to look like a takeover bid.As the two women piece together clues about the 'friendly' military occupation on their doorstep, family, friends and neighbours come together to resist the interlopers.The spirit of Britannia embodied - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
- Copyright:
- 1972
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 336 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781405518109
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781844080632
- Publisher:
- Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- Date of Addition:
- 07/13/21
- Copyrighted By:
- The Estate of Daphne du Maurier
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Military, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Introduction by:
- Ella Westland
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