'48

Title'48
Year for Search1996
AuthorsHerbert, James [John](1943-2013)
Date Published1996
PublisherHarperCollins
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

The novel is set in an alternative history dystopia in which, just as he was being defeated, Hitler fired rockets into London containing deadly diseases that wipes out much of the world’s population. The focus is on one of the few healthy survivors who is being sought so his blood can be used to cure the leader of the local Blackshirts.

Additional Publishers

 Rpt. London: Pan Macmillan, 2016. U.S. ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1997. 

Holding Institutions

PU

Author Note

(1943-2013)

Full Text

1996 Herbert, James [John] (1943-2013). ’48. London: HarperCollins. Rpt. London: Pan Macmillan, 2016. U.S. ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1997. PU

The novel is set in an alternative history dystopia in which, just as he was being defeated, Hitler fired rockets into London containing deadly diseases that wipes out much of the world’s population. The focus is on one of the few healthy survivors who is being sought so his blood can be used to cure the leader of the local Blackshirts.