Rule Britannia

Informationen zum Autor Daphne Du Maurier Klappentext INTRODUCED BY ELLA WESTLAND '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 England has withdrawn from the European Common Market and, on the brink of bankruptcy, has decided that salvation lies in a union - political, military and economic - with the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. In this prescient novel, Daphne du Maurier explores the implications of leaving Europe for a political, economic and military alliance with the United States. Zusammenfassung In this prescient novel, Daphne du Maurier explores the implications of leaving Europe for a political, economic and military alliance with the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Daphne Du Maurier, Daphne Du Maurier
• Assisted by: Ella Westland (Introduction)
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.03.2004
• EAN: 9781844080632
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-063-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 197 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Virago Modern Classics; VMC; VMC; Virago Modern Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Cornwall, FICTION / Political, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, FICTION / Thrillers / Political, FICTION / Dystopian, FICTION / Thrillers / Military, FICTION / Alternative History, FICTION / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Narrative theme: Social issues, Speculative fiction, Narrative theme: Politics, Alternative history fiction, Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic