Sean Gabb

A very enjoyable read of an alternative history diverging in 1940 from ours.
Centering around the Churchill biographist Dr Markham who is caught up in a plot for the future of the British Empire. The economic changes are the most fun: maglev trains in 1959 with roads in ruin, decentralized electricty, airships, heated pavements and famous economic and historc figures in new roles!

Rubbish. Some of take on the history of 7th century of the East Roman Empire is interesting but the central character and his daring do is just ridiculous ... apart from male male sexual attraction which is just a matter of fact here.

I had to stop reading this after getting about half way through it. With one exception (who's killed off early in the book), the characters in this book are entirely amoral and unsympathetic. I could have accepted this but the deal-breaker for me was the rampant use of anachronisms throughout the book. I think it extremely unlikely that early 7th century Romans would have spoken in this fashion.