- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Orion; New edition edition (2 Sep 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752803492
- ISBN-13: 978-0752803494
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 11 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 535,064 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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May 2nd 2045.Lestoq,an overweight,asthmatic,Fellow of All Souls College,Oxford,working for the Times,wakes up with a hangover and the sexiest secret policewoman in Europol.In the course of the next week he discovers that Aachen Referendum which ratified the Aachen Treaty of Complete Union and thus createdthe European superstate thirty years before,was rigged by a conspiracy within the European Commission.The Union is now xenophobic,corrupt and tyrannical.The royal family left Britain in 2016,and King William V of New Zealand is returning to London to make a speech commemorating the 100th anniversary of VE day.Lestoq has to get evidence of the referendum rigging-the Aachen Memorandum-to the king for him to tell the world in a huge rally at Hyde Park.No easy task,as a dark family secret,a murdered father and meetings with the English Resistance Movement are only a few of the obstacles which stand in his way...
About the Author
Andrew Roberts took a first in Modern History at Cambridge. He has been a professional historian since the publication of his life of Lord Halifax , The Holy Fox, in 1991, followed by Eminent Churchillians in 1994 . He contributes regularly to the Sunday Telegraph. Lives in Knightsbridge, London, and has two children. His Salisbury won the Wolfson History Prize in 2000. His books include Napoleon and Wellington in 2001, Hitler and Churchill (based on BBC-2 series) in 2003. What Might Have Been (editor) in 2004. His History of the English Speaking Peoples Since 1900 was published in 2006 and won the Walter Bagehot Prize .
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This book not only provides a captivating thriller that proves a real page turner, even if the plot is a bit unrealistic at time (as if the EU would actually bother with a referendum), it takes a hilarious satirical swipe at the EU. Set in 2045, where the EU has finally achieved it's goal of creating a United States of Europe, Roberts portray's his vision of the oppressive, authoritarian PC-State the EU is fast turning into. The only people who don't like this book (see the bad reviews) are those too wedded to Euro-federalist ideology to see the authoritarian monstrosity that is unfolding in front of their very eyes and steadily eating away at our sovereignty. This book is a forewarning to us all and should be made mandatory reading for all UK politicians and Europhiles. Buy it before the EU outlaws it.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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England 2045. Since 2015, the year of the for ever final referendum, England has been demoted to a region in the USE (United States of Europe). Political correctness is very much in. Well known landmarks such as Waterloo Station and Trafalgar Square have been renamed Maastricht Terminus and Delors Square. The hero of the book, fat, astmatic Horatio Lestoq gets wind of a sinister plot behind the referendum. And from here the action develops. The book is superb and hilariously funny, too. Read it before your country is engulfed by the superstate that EU is developing into. High praise to Andrew Roberts for this tour de force.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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This is a glorious Eurosceptic nightmare twisted into a fast paced thriller. To some the idea of John Redwood being locked up in Spandu Gaol in Berlin ( previous residents included the Nazi Deputy leader Hess) for "activities incompatible with the security of the Union", would seem a very good idea. Whatever your views of John Redwood or the European Union this book is inspired in its detail-Waterloo Station is now Maastricht Terminus-and in its depiction of modes and mores of a European Union Superstate. But above all it is unputdownable and great fun. To some Eurosceptics it is a warning-but they should themselves be warned that the book has already obtained cult status among young EU officials in Brussels. If there is to be a superstate in the 21st Century, Andrew Roberts card is already marked!!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Richard Littlejohn liked it. Go figure.
For Little Englanders everywhere; a truly horrible, childish tilt at all things Europhile. It wants to be a thriller (and barely makes a fist of it - Dan Brown has nothing to fear)... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Richard Butterworth
Truly Awful alternate History novel
Truly awful novel, I'm glad I didn't pay full price for it, picked it up for a couple of quid in Hay on Wye, even at that price I felt ripped off. Read more
Published 21 months ago by M. J. Togher
Surprisingly easy read
You can see how split people are on this; many who give it a low rating are Euro supporters or those who think Political Correctness is the way for society to go. Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2010 by Tony Roberts
Comic-style novel, nothing serious
The central cloak-and-dagger storyline was original, reasonably consistent and although ridiculously protracted, not protracted enough to make me think "Oh give it a rest, you're... Read more
Published on 12 Feb 2010 by David Blair
Like reading twenty copies of the Daily Mail at one sitting
This books gets one star for unintentional humour.
If you distilled Daily Mail paranoia about the European Union into a highly concentrated form, then used that as the... Read more
If you distilled Daily Mail paranoia about the European Union into a highly concentrated form, then used that as the... Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2009 by Anthony Zacharzewski
Pacy but poor
A Europe run by Germany and with all English culture expunged? I am sorry this does not add up. France would never allow Germany to become a dominant part of the Union and indeed... Read more
Published on 29 Feb 2008 by Mr. Peter Hardy
Overtaken by events
It's hard to believe that this over-the-top thriller, set in 2045, was written by a serious historian. Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2007 by T. Burkard
Fast-paced and funny, but not very good.
What would a European Superstate look and feel like? Certainly nothing like the United States of Europe portrayed in 'The Aachen Memorandum'. Read more
Published on 15 July 2005 by Frank Jacobs
An original and enjoyable attempt at eurosceptic fiction
"The Aachen Memorandum" is a fun political novel very much in the style of Frederick Forsythe. The plot was dense, and not so much over-heated as burnt black. Read more
Published on 27 April 2002 by Peter Cuthbertson (petercuthbertson@hotmail.com)
Euro-sceptics dream book!
I first read this some years ago & was amazed at the writing style & content. The story is brilliant and is as relevant today as it was back in 1995. Read more
Published on 3 April 2002 by Michael Maher
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