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A review by tcm_62
Dominion by C.J. Sansom
4.0
A great 'what if?' read. I enjoyed the first 150 - 200 pages best, where the author is setting the scene creating an alternative, 1952 London realistic and plausible. The scene where the last remaining Jews are rounded up and marched down the Tottenham Court Road was particularly disturbing.
Thereafter the novel becomes a more conventional spy thriller albeit a good one - British resistance spies trying to complete their mission and get a vulnerable scientist-with-a-secret out of the country, on the run from a notorious Nazi spy catcher brought over from Germany specifically for the task.
Good sweep of characters, both fictional and based on real historical figures; the author builds the relationships well engaging the reader's sympathies, even with Gunther the ageing, lonely spy hunter.
The novel is well paced and doesn't feel like 700 pages long.
Thereafter the novel becomes a more conventional spy thriller albeit a good one - British resistance spies trying to complete their mission and get a vulnerable scientist-with-a-secret out of the country, on the run from a notorious Nazi spy catcher brought over from Germany specifically for the task.
Good sweep of characters, both fictional and based on real historical figures; the author builds the relationships well engaging the reader's sympathies, even with Gunther the ageing, lonely spy hunter.
The novel is well paced and doesn't feel like 700 pages long.