What if there had been no Declaration of Independence & war. Only fair book.

America, 1996, but not our America. RAM Bushell lives in a version of America that proves that the more things change, the more they stay the same. America did not break away from England in this time line but is an important part of the UK. But there are always people who want to break things…. And you don’t always know people as well as you think you do. Strong characters, viable version of this time line, good plot. Would like to see more of it. ( )

Very interesting.

I give the concept higher marks than the excecution, but I read this quite some time ago and it has cemented a place in my mind where the West Coast, airships and rail could/have should have been more important in the development of the Americas!
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Neither of the two authors of this novel are very good stylists, perhaps this is a blending of their fantasies, one that he's a published author, and the other that he's hanging out with a movie star?
To give them their dues, Mr. Dreyfuss is a fine actor whose work I have often enjoyed. Mr. Turtledove has a reasonable hand with certain themes in alternate history. How else does a Byzantine specialist make a living in the English speaking world? But the two men have not been greater than the sum of the parts here. ( )