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Farthing
by Jo Walton
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The novel is an alternate history set in 1949. Though the divergence point from actual history seems to be Rudolf Hess's flight to Scotland in May 1941, Ha'penny, its sequel, details that the critical difference is actually the failure of the United States to provide aid to Britain in 1940. With Britain lacking American support, Hess's entreaties for peace negotiations were accepted and have led to a peace between the United Kingdom and Germany, against Winston Churchill's wishes, and to the British withdrawal from World War II, which continues mainly as a stalemate between Germany and the Soviet Union. Charles Lindbergh is the president of the United States, a peaceful country that never became involved in the conflict and is seeking closer economic ties with Japan's Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
The novel is an alternate history set in 1949. Though the divergence point from actual history seems to be Rudolf Hess's flight to Scotland in May 1941, Ha'penny, its sequel, details that the critical difference is actually the failure of the United States to provide aid to Britain in 1940. With Britain lacking American support, Hess's entreaties for peace negotiations were accepted and have led to a peace between the United Kingdom and Germany, against Winston Churchill's wishes, and to the British withdrawal from World War II, which continues mainly as a stalemate between Germany and the Soviet Union. Charles Lindbergh is the president of the United States, a peaceful country that never became involved in the conflict and is seeking closer economic ties with Japan's Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.