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Turtledove H., Opening Atlantis — 2008
Harry Turtledove introduced his version of Atlantis, an island-continent located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, in the 2005 novella —Audobon in Atlantis.— A few months later, in —The Scarlet Band,— the island made another appearance. Turtledove has now turned back the clock to look at the founding and subsequent history of his strange island in Opening Atlantis. The novel is really three connected novellas following the Radcliffe family through several generations. The first story, —New Hastings— begins with English fisherman Edward Radcliffe buying the secret of a newly discovered land from the Breton Franзois Kersauzon. Discovering the continent to be a rich fishing ground, and far away from the growing danger of a civil war between the Yorkist and Lancastrian claimants to the throne, Radcliffe moves not only his family, but many other residents of his native town to the new continent. Atlantis is quickly colonized not only by disenchanted Englishmen, but also by Bretons, Frenchmen, and Spaniards. Nevertheless, most of the inhabitants agree with Edward Radcliffe that their settlement on the new continent should allow them to leave their old world troubles behind. This allows Turtledove to focus on Radcliffe—s son—s exploration of the new continent, one by land and the other by sea. The old war conflicts, however, won—t stay at bay forever, and they begin to impinge on Radcliffe—s utopia when the English kings decide to use the new land as a dumping ground for political enemies.
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