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<p><b><h3> A <i>GUARDIAN</i>, <i>TELEGRAPH </i>AND <i>FINANCIAL TIMES</i> BOOK OF THE YEAR </h3></b><br><b><br>BRITAIN, WITH THE WRONG QUEEN.</b><br><br>1955. Britain remains a Protectorate of Germany. The assassination of the Leader on British soil provoked violent retribution and intensified repression of British citizens, particularly women. Now, more than ever, the Protectorate is a place of surveillance and isolation - a land of spies.<br><br>The royal family has been usurped, and the widowed Queen Wallis reigns in their place. Yet some citizens hold out hope that Elizabeth may one day return.<br><br>Rose Ransom marvels that she''s even alive. A mere woman, her role in the Leader''s death has been miraculously overlooked. Her work now focuses on the outlawed subject of Poetry, a form of writing that transmits subversive meanings. Therefore all Poetry is banned and Rose is appointed a Poet Hunter.<br><br>President Eisenhower is to make a state visit to Britain and Rose is tasked wi