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The author has asserted moral rights under sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.

This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance between any of the characters depicted herein and any real person, living or dead is wholly a matter of Nature imitating Art. Should you not yet have discovered the fact, the author can assure all readers that Germany did not win the Second World War, nor did they ever occupy any significant part of the United Kingdom.

Sadly no politicians were harmed during the creation of this story.

CONTENTS

Part two

Chapter One Ride To Oxford.
Chapter Two Welcome.
Chapter Three Introduction.
Chapter Four Day two.
Chapter Five Day Three.
Chapter Six Every Day.
Chapter Seven An Evening Out
Chapter Eight The Morning After
Chapter Nine All Change At The Top.
Chapter Ten The Count Returns.
Chapter Eleven The Baby.
Chapter Twelve Visits To The Hospital
Chapter Thirteen Oxford.
Chapter Fourteen Inheritance.
Chapter Fifteen Oxford.
Chapter Sixteen Solution.

Most of the action takes place in 1947/8. Germany won the war. Belgium, Denmark, France, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, and Spain are all part of Greater Germany and are effectively provinces. The UK is still occupied by the German army.

How this came about, and the differences from our universe, can be summed up by four factors.

1 Japan did not bomb Pearl Harbour and so the USA did not join in what it saw as a strictly European conflict;

2 The Americans did not interfere with Japan’s ambitions in Asia, and allowed China, Indo-China, Burma, and Singapore to be annexed;

3 Winston Churchill was assassinated in October 1941, and so the wisdom which prevailed in the UK Government was the “peace” faction, who wished to open negotiations with Germany, leading effectively to surrender in 1942;

4 and finally, Hitler did not embark on the foolhardy invasion of Russia.

Author’s note: Where necessary for the reader’s comprehension some passages clearly spoken in German have been translated into English. Those not so translated are left in the original German and are of no significance, or their meaning may be easily guessed. If not, try http://translate.google.com/ for an explanation.