Advance and Retreat

2002 novel by Harry Turtledove
Advance and Retreat
First edition
AuthorHarry Turtledove
Cover artistTom Kidd
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesWar Between the Provinces
GenreFantasy
PublisherBaen Books
Publication date
December 1, 2002
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Preceded byMarching Through Peachtree 

Advance and Retreat is the third and final novel in The War Between the Provinces series, a fantasy version of the American Civil War by Harry Turtledove.[1]

Plot

After a long fought out civil war, the Southron forces of the Kingdom of Detina defeat the Northoners and serfdom is abolished throughout all the kingdom.

Reception

Publishers Weekly praised Turtledove's "entertaining and well-drawn characters," "grimly realistic depictions of battlefields and occupied towns", and "beautifully subtle treatment of racism", but noted that the parallels between the Detinan war and the American Civil War result in "a somewhat predictable story".[2]

Steven H Silver observed that these parallels were not exact, in that Turtledove introduced "changes in the events and characters in order to heighten the narrative tension", but considered that the novel could have been "more interesting" if Turtledove had made a greater exploration of how the presence of magic would alter military strategy and tactics.[3]


References

  1. ^ "Baen.com Advance and Retreat". www.baen.com.
  2. ^ ADVANCE AND RETREAT, reviewed at Publishers Weekly; published November 25, 2002; retrieved November 19, 2023
  3. ^ Advance and Retreat, reviewed by Steven H Silver; at StevenHSilver.com; published October 2002; retrieved November 19, 2023
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Works by Harry Turtledove
Videssos
Videssos cycle
  • The Misplaced Legion
  • An Emperor for the Legion
  • The Legion of Videssos
  • The Swords of the Legion
The Tale of Krispos
  • Krispos Rising
  • Krispos of Videssos
  • Krispos the Emperor
Time of Troubles
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The Race or
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Worldwar
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  • Tilting the Balance
  • Upsetting the Balance
  • Striking the Balance
Colonization
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  • Down to Earth
  • Aftershocks
  • Homeward Bound
Southern Victory
a.k.a. Timeline-191
Second Mexican War
Great War
  • American Front
  • Walk in Hell
  • Breakthroughs
American Empire
  • Blood and Iron
  • The Center Cannot Hold
  • The Victorious Opposition
Settling Accounts
  • Return Engagement
  • Drive to the East
  • The Grapple
  • In at the Death
Darkness a.k.a. World at War
War Between the ProvincesHellenic TradersCrosstime TrafficDays of InfamyScepter of Mercy
  • The Bastard King
  • The Chernagor Pirates
  • The Scepter's Return
Opening of the World
AtlantisThe War That Came Early
Supervolcano
  • Eruption
  • All Fall Down
  • Supervolcano
  • Maelstrom
The Hot War
  • Bombs Away
  • Fallout
  • Armistice
State of Jefferson Stories
and Three Men and...Stories
  • "Visitor from the East"
  • "Peace is Better"
  • "Typecasting"
  • "Something Fishy"
  • "Always Something New"
  • "Tie a Yellow Ribbon"
  • "Three Men and a Vampire"
  • "Three Men and a Werewolf"
  • "Three Men and a Sasquatch"
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