Dominion (Sansom novel)
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| Author | C. J. Sansom |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Political thriller |
| Genre | Alternate history |
| Publisher | Macmillan |
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25 October 2012 |
| Media type | Hardback |
| Pages | 608 |
| ISBN | 978-0230744165 |
Dominion is a 2012 alternate history novel by British author C. J. Sansom. It is a political thriller set in the early 1950s against the backdrop of a Britain that has become a satellite state of Nazi Germany.[1] The Point of divergence from actual history is that Lord Halifax, rather than Winston Churchill, succeeded Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister in May 1940.[1]
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Awards
Dominion won the 2013 Sidewise Award for Alternate History, Long Form.[2][3]
Controversy
Sansom's fictionalised portrayal of some historical figures (among them Lord Beaverbrook, Oswald Mosley, Enoch Powell, and Marie Stopes) as members of a Quisling puppet government caused some controversy. Powell's depiction in particular was problematic:[4] Journalist Peter Hitchens called it a "babyish, historically illiterate slur" and called on Sansom to apologise to Powell's family.[5] Allan Massie for The Daily Telegraph, however, defended the portrayal, arguing that "in the make-believe world of counter-factual history, a novelist is entitled to take a different line" and that having a younger version of Powell be as such was "not inherently improbable."[6]
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