Fatherland (novel)

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Fatherland is a 1992 alternative history detective novel by English writer and journalist Robert Harris. Set in a world where the Axis won World War II, the German Reich spans from the Rhine to the Ural Mountains and Berlin has been rebuilt as Germania, a megalopolis of intimidating architecture designed to reflect Nazi supremacy. Instead of a Soviet-American Cold War, a tense standoff exists between Germany and the United States. Hitler is still alive and about to celebrate his 75th birthday, while the regime maintains a public facade to court normalization with the Americans. The story's protagonist—Xavier March—is an officer of the Kripo, the criminal police, investigating the murder of a Nazi government official who participated in the Wannsee Conference. Teaming with American journalist Charlotte Maguire, March delves into a conspiracy targeting senior government officials as the US-German summit looms. The novel was an immediate best-seller in the UK and has sold over three million...

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