Stars & Stripes Forever

A Novel of Alternate History

By: Harry Harrison

Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth

In a war room in Washington, William Tecumseh Sherman and General Robert E. Lee huddle together and plan their next, joint military operation. In the jungles of Mexico, Ulysses S. Grant is locked in brutal combat with the best of the British Army. And in the heart of the new American South a fragile peace is threatened...

In the dazzling alternate history of Harry Harrison, this is the world as it stands in 1863. Just three years before, a titanic Civil War loomed in America. But an incident involving a British ship and two Confederate spies changed everything. As Abraham Lincoln defied Britain's Lord Palmerston, tensions between the two nations boiled over and Her Majesty's Navy unleashed an attack on American soil aimed at bolstering the Confederate cause. The results were catastrophic.

A stunned North and South put aside their differences and a new kind of war erupted, with Americans fighting side by side against the British on two fronts: in the South and on the Canadian border. Now, Britain has been defeated and America is struggling to keep its union together until another blow is struck. It comes from Mexico, where elite units of Her Majesty's Army including the famed Gurkha fighters are massing for a possible attack through Texas.

Into the gauntlet, Lincoln sends his chosen angel of death, General Grant. But the weary president knows that two centuries of British power will not be ended with a single battle. So his top soldiers, including Lee and Sherman, plan the most daring naval invasion ever launched: an assault on British soil itself. And in a secret that must be protected by an underground army of spies and secret agents, the U.S. will invade the Emerald Isle to set the Irish free at last. Filled with real characters on both sides of the conflict, Stars and Stripes in Peril is the new masterwork from one of our most provocative authors.

©1998 Harry Harrison (P)2014 Audible Inc.

Quite Fun

An incredibly fun and harrowing tale of Alternative History that almost was non-fiction. Stars and Stripes Forever is definitely worth a listen or a read for any Alternative Historian.

Next book

It's an amazing series, but it needs the rest of books on the site so please post the next book

One of the best.

I have read (listened to) many alternative histories. This is one of the best. It does bot go on forever. It does not depend on fantastic technology.
The only negative is that the other two parts are missing on Audible.

Good feel for actual civil war

Informative and unusual glimpse into some details of the civil war. Interesting and realistic speculation.

Excellent alternate history

I'm a Massachusetts history grad that's absolutely apathetic about the US civil war. That said, this book was riveting from start to finish. The character development was well done, the historical accuracy given the differences was carefully maintained, and the final confrontation had me choking back a cheer while I sat in a crowded coffee shop. My only real criticism is that the southern characters are voiced like elementary school caricatures and the British characters were voiced like the most over the top cartoons of British aristocracy possible. Entertaining but a bit pull-you-out-of-the-story-ish. Otherwise, absolutely phenomenal read. Heartily recommend it.