- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: OUP Oxford (9 Jan 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0192752219
- ISBN-13: 978-0192752215
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 467,402 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The long-awaited sequel to Against the Day
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It's over two years since the Nazi invasion in Britain and the people of Shevington have been cowed into a sullen acceptance of their new rulers. Their one attempt at defiance was followed by horrific reprisals and there seems no way to retrieve their freedom. But Frank has never given up hope and when a travelling salesman arrives in the village he brings with him a new chance of fighting back. Exciting World War II thriller showing how life could have been if the Nazis had invaded Britain. Michael Cronin is a successful actor and is probably best known for his part in Grange Hill, where he played Mr Baxter, the gym teacher.
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There’s something about war novels that make them such riveting reads: the soldiers, the tanks, the spies, the uncertainty and the terror of it all. Of all war stories, the one in which the Nazis are the bad guys is an easy favorite. And that’s what Michael Cronin seems to be counting on in his sequel to “Against the Day” (publisher; date).
His last book depicted how life could have been if the Nazis had invaded Britain. Frank and Les, two boys living in England under the occupation of the Third Reich, are getting an unpleasant introduction to the ruthless ways of the German Gestapo and looking for some way to fight back. A Resistance movement is born and all over Britain, people are quietly forming alliances and waiting for the day of uprising to come.
In the sequel to this World War II thriller, fast-forward to two years on: The Nazis are still in Britain and the occupation has lowered the morale of the English people. The uprisings detailed in “Against the Day” have been crushed with horrific reprisals, and hope is lost. But not all of it.
Frank and Les are still waiting to be given one more chance to fight the Germans. Then a salesman comes to town selling cleaning brushes – but Frank suspects that there’re more to Mr. Crompton than he lets on. Peter Sims, headmaster of Shevington School, is immersing himself in the study of history; after all, both the present and the future hold little in store. Or so he believes, until his help, too, is called for.
Meanwhile, things are changing for the worse for Frank, even at home. And Les’ sister, Mildred, starts to fall in love – with a Jerry, Dieter Mainz. Although he promises never to harm her, can he be trusted? Can she?
Slowly, secretly, a new Resistance is forming. Someone is sending out coded radio transmissions, and the Germans have called in a wireless expert to pinpoint where the messages are being sent out from. A rebellion is under way – and Frank and Les are about to experience the most dangerous days of their lives.
A realistically told, feverishly paced alternative-history, this is an exciting look at a time in which no one can be trusted and nothing can be taken for granted. Curfews, codes, ambushes, surprise raids – the story of what it is like to be occupied by an enemy power is told with powerful immediacy. This is a war story, but it’s not about the fighting that takes place on the frontlines. It’s about resistance movements born in small towns, thanks to ordinary people who take great risks to be free and are willing to fight to the finish.
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