Description: Dystopian Kingsley Amis The Alteration 1976 1st UK Near Fine First UK edition, First Printing with "First published in 1976" on copyright page. Publisher: London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1976. Octavo 8" X 5.25" [vi] 7-208. Original green cloth. Gilt lettered to spine. Unclipped dust jacket with L3.50 net price. Book Condition: Very Good+ Spine lightly bumped.Dust Jacket Condition: Very light fraying to spine edges. In this timeline, there are two pivotal divergences from known history. Arthur Tudor and Catherine of Aragon's short-lived union produced a son, Stephen II of England. When Henry of York ("the Abominable") tried to usurp his nephew's throne, there was a papal crusade (the "War of the English Succession") to restore the rightful heir, culminating in the "Holy Victory" at Coverley, which was designated as the ecclesiastical capital of England. Secondly, the Protestant Reformation did not take place as Martin Luther was reconciled to the Roman Catholic Church and later became Pope Germanian I. Luther's anti-Semitism may have infected this history to a greater extent during his papacy, as the novel discloses that Jews are forced to seclude themselves and wear yellow stars to advertise their religious and ethnic identity. In this history, Thomas More did not marry, and ascended to the Papacy as Pope Hadrian VII.While the Papacy still holds sway across Western Europe, in this version of the twentieth century Protestantism is limited to the breakaway Republic of New England. The Alteration won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1977
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Author: Kingsley Amis
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Topic: Dystopian
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Subject: Literature & Fiction
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Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1976
