I got The Intrigues of Jennie Lee: A Novel by Alex Rosenberg, from Netgalley for a fair and honest review.

This is an alternative history, novel set in the UK during the the early 1930’s when Ramsay MacDonald, the then Labour Prime Minister left the party and formed a national unity government, with the other parties at the urging of King George V. What book does is that Jennie Lee, who does not know that MacDonald is her biological farther takes this event and sends Britten in another direction.

What Alex Rosenberg did in this novel is write a great political novel up to and even better than, Michael Dobbs book, House of Cards. However what this novel does is use real people and just change one event that takes Britten in another direction.

When I started reading The Intrigues of Jennie Lee: A Novel, I knew very little of history of that time, as I had not studied this specific period in British history, I had heard of the major historical charectors, and i am sure a quick internet search would help any reader find about the individuals, however this is not something you need to to as the book gives you enough information on each, as a normal political novel would. Though I did look up the real events after finishing the book.

This is a great novel well researched and easy to read, flowing from one event to another one in a smooth process. So if you are into Alternative History, or Political novels or even just into a great story then the latest novel by Alex Rosenberg’s book then you should read, The Intrigues of Jennie Lee: A Novel.