How Few Remain - ISBN:0345406141

How Few Remain

Date: 23 May 2011, 05:01

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The novel then unfolds with a series of different stories, from Clemens on the west coast to Theodore Roosevelt's adventures in Montana and Lincoln's speechmaking through to the observations of Alfred von Schlieffen in his capacity as German military attache to the USA. These stories sometimes converge, but tend to be self-contained and represent different aspects of the same events.
As previously stated, this is a fine example of alternate history and also of fiction writing. The characters are engaging and the plot is well constructed.
Where "How Few Remain" tends to fall down a little is the early pace. Turtledove needs to communicate some tricky political history quite early in order to set the scene for what happens next and this seems - every now and then - to be a bit artificial. The dialogue between George Custer and the Confederate border patrol, for example, is a little too rehearsed-sounding.
Another slight problem the novel suffers from is the appearance of characters from history. In the main, these are figures whom a nonspecialist in Civil War history (as I am) can identify - Clemens, Custer, Roosevelt, Stonewall Jackson, Lincoln and the like. Certain figures, though, such as Pete Longstreet and General Rosecrans, are not characters I am familiar with in my very minor attempts at reading American history. James Blaine, too, falls into this category.
While this is by no means a terminal disability, as the characters are just as consistent when taken as fictional constructs, it would have been nice to have a list of "dramatis personae" and what they went on to do in real life handy - possibly at the back of the book.
That said, "How Few Remain" is a wonderful introduction to alternate history. Turtledove is a consummate author of this genre, and this novel clearly demonstrates why. Heartily recommended.

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