num_pages: 336
description: A diverse and engrossing cast of characters...provocative diverting. --Chicago TribuneEmma wakes up one morning to an apocalyptic world. The cozy existence she shares with her grandmother an eccentric retired actress known to all as Madam has been shattered: there's no post no telephone no radio - and an American warship sits in the harbor. As the two women piece together clues about the 'friendly' military occupation on their doorstep family friends and neighbours gather round to protect their heritage. In this chilling novel of the future Daphne du Maurier explores the implications of a political economic and military alliance between Britain and the United States.
language: None
title: Rule Britannia
publisher: Little, Brown and Company