This world is very similar to ours - and at the same time strikingly different from it. As a result of the death of an unknown shepherd in 1212, the Spaniards lost the war to liberate their homeland from the Moors, Columbus did not discover America, and history took a different path. In this world there are also planes - but they fly on coal, there are trains - but they are towed by nuclear locomotives, and a giant railway tunnel is being built between England and America... If you want to get to know this amazing world better, read the wonderful novel by the great Harry Harrison!< /p>