L'Homme dans le Castro
| File:L'Homme dans le Castro.jpg Cover of first edition (hardcover) | |
| Author | Philippe Duchon |
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| Country | Gaullica |
| Language | Gaullican, Caltari |
| Genre | Alternate history |
| Publisher | Fayareax Publishing |
Publication date | January 1, 1962 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 601 |
L'Homme dans le Castro is an alternative history novel by Gaullican historian and novelist Philippe Douchon. Set in 1951, 10 years after an alternative ending to the Great War in which the war lasted until 1941, the novel provides a hypothetical insight into the ways of life of the once Democratically Free Asterians as they live under the boots of the Empire of Gaullica and the Empire of Caesena - who now rule over the former Federation. Meanwhile, behind the scenes of Totalitarian and Autocratic Strength, the weaknesses of a fragmenting Restoration Coalition affect the daily lives of the whole world in ways they cannot imagine. The book won several awards for its grand critique of the Fascist Governments in power.
Reported inspirations include Tyrol Yome's Alternate Solarian Empire Novel, Under the Mirror's Eagle (1921) and various classic histories prior to the Great War. The novel features a "novel within the novel" comprising an alternate history within this alternate history wherein the Democratic Alliance defeat the Restoration Coalition (though in a manner distinct from the actual historical outcome), with Euclea becoming a Communist Hotspot following a Kaxakh total domination.
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- John Henshaw - A former Army Sergeant and a veteran of the Great War, John Henshaw is the protagonist of the book. He now finds himself employed in the Gaullican Overseen Federation Police Department for New Haven. John finds himself in a situation where his occupiers look down on him for his role in the war, his own people see him as a collaborator and he himself is lost. Outwardly he is friendly to all he can, but within he battles demons of his past and present.