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2639990Return Engagementhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/return-engagement-9780345478597/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3402267/ba048564-b5ae-46b2-b5cd-327c3b9419a2.jpg?v=638385323045070000237329MXNRandom House WorldsInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>[Harry Turtledove] handles his huge cast with admirable skill. The insights into racial politics elevate this novel to a status above mere entertainment, although it provides that aplenty.<em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong></p><p>Its 1941, and an alliance of peace holds in check the most powerful nations of the worldbut it is an uneasy peace. Japan dominates the Pacific, the Russian tsar rules Alaska, and England, under Winston Churchill, chafes for a return to its former glory.</p><p>Behind this faade of world order, America is a bomb waiting to explode. Jake Featherston, the megalomaniacal leader of the Confederate States of America, is just the man to light the fuse. Opposite him is Al Smith, a Socialist U.S. president in the Philadelphia White House. Smith is a living symbol of hope for a nation that has been through the hell of war and depression.</p><p>Featherston and his Freedom Party are determined to conquer their Northern neighbor at any cost. After crushing a Negro rebellion in his own nation, Featherston sends Confederate army planes to attack Philadelphia. In the aftermath of the CSA blitzkrieg, the war machine spins a vortex of destruction, betrayal, and fury that no onenot even Jake Featherston himselfcan control.</p><p>Turtledove plays heady games with actual history, scattering object lessons and bitter ironies along the way. [<em>Return Engagement</em> features] strong, complex characters against a sweeping alt-historical background.<em>Kirkus Reviews</em></p><p>Another absorbing installment of [Turtledoves] character-centered alternate-history saga.<em>Booklist</em></p>...2573242Return Engagement237329https://www.gandhi.com.mx/return-engagement-9780345478597/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3402267/ba048564-b5ae-46b2-b5cd-327c3b9419a2.jpg?v=638385323045070000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20049780345478597_W3siaWQiOiJmMThmZmFmNS1jMWMxLTQ5MDEtYTNjMi1lNTE0MzAxMTZiNGQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjMyOSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjkyLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIzNywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDlUMDU6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780345478597_<p><strong>Harry Turtledove handles his huge cast with admirable skill. The insights into racial politics elevate this novel to a status above mere entertainment, although it provides that aplenty.<em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong></p><p>Its 1941, and an alliance of peace holds in check the most powerful nations of the worldbut it is an uneasy peace. Japan dominates the Pacific, the Russian tsar rules Alaska, and England, under Winston Churchill, chafes for a return to its former glory.</p><p>Behind this faade of world order, America is a bomb waiting to explode. Jake Featherston, the megalomaniacal leader of the Confederate States of America, is just the man to light the fuse. Opposite him is Al Smith, a Socialist U.S. president in the Philadelphia White House. Smith is a living symbol of hope for a nation that has been through the hell of war and depression.</p><p>Featherston and his Freedom Party are determined to conquer their Northern neighbor at any cost. After crushing a Negro rebellion in his own nation, Featherston sends Confederate army planes to attack Philadelphia. In the aftermath of the CSA blitzkrieg, the war machine spins a vortex of destruction, betrayal, and fury that no onenot even Jake Featherston himselfcan control.</p><p>Turtledove plays heady games with actual history, scattering object lessons and bitter ironies along the way. <em>Return Engagement</em> features strong, complex characters against a sweeping alt-historical background.<em>Kirkus Reviews</em></p><p>Another absorbing installment of Turtledoves character-centered alternate-history saga.<em>Booklist</em></p>...(*_*)9780345478597_<p><strong>[Harry Turtledove] handles his huge cast with admirable skill. The insights into racial politics elevate this novel to a status above mere entertainment, although it provides that aplenty.<em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong></p><p>Its 1941, and an alliance of peace holds in check the most powerful nations of the worldbut it is an uneasy peace. Japan dominates the Pacific, the Russian tsar rules Alaska, and England, under Winston Churchill, chafes for a return to its former glory.</p><p>Behind this faade of world order, America is a bomb waiting to explode. Jake Featherston, the megalomaniacal leader of the Confederate States of America, is just the man to light the fuse. Opposite him is Al Smith, a Socialist U.S. president in the Philadelphia White House. Smith is a living symbol of hope for a nation that has been through the hell of war and depression.</p><p>Featherston and his Freedom Party are determined to conquer their Northern neighbor at any cost. After crushing a Negro rebellion in his own nation, Featherston sends Confederate army planes to attack Philadelphia. In the aftermath of the CSA blitzkrieg, the war machine spins a vortex of destruction, betrayal, and fury that no onenot even Jake Featherston himselfcan control.</p><p>Turtledove plays heady games with actual history, scattering object lessons and bitter ironies along the way. [<em>Return Engagement</em> features] strong, complex characters against a sweeping alt-historical background.<em>Kirkus Reviews</em></p><p>Another absorbing installment of [Turtledoves] character-centered alternate-history saga.<em>Booklist</em></p>...9780345478597_Random House Worldslibro_electonico_453b582e-5b2d-4667-9248-e94beefd05f8_9780345478597;9780345478597_9780345478597Harry TurtledoveInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/RandomHouse-epub-ab1b43ed-d9c7-4635-a1ac-490d723a41f1.epub2004-08-03T00:00:00+00:00Random House Worlds