Robert Conroy books

Robert Conroy was an American alternate history novelist who wrote standalone novels exploring how major wars could have turned out differently.

Standalone Novels

Title Published Buy on Amazon
1901 1995 Buy
1862 2006 Buy
1945 2007 Buy
1942 2009 Buy
Red Inferno: 1945 2010 Buy
Castro’s Bomb 2011 Buy
Himmler’s War 2011 Buy
North Reich 2012 Buy
Rising Sun 2012 Buy
1920: America’s Great War 2013 Buy
Liberty: 1784 2014 Buy
1882: Custer in Chains 2015 Buy
Germanica 2015 Buy
Storm Front 2015 Buy
The Day After Gettysburg 2018 Buy
Interregnum 2018 Buy

Robert Conroy specialized in alternate history fiction, writing sixteen standalone novels between 1995 and 2018. His books take real military conflicts and ask what would have happened if key events had gone differently. His debut, 1901, imagined a German invasion of the United States at the turn of the 20th century, and he continued to explore similar premises across two decades of writing.

Conroy’s novels cover an impressive range of time periods and conflicts. 1862 reimagines the Civil War, 1945 and Red Inferno: 1945 tackle different scenarios for the end of World War II, and Rising Sun explores a more successful Japanese campaign in the Pacific. Liberty: 1784 goes back to the American Revolution, while 1920: America’s Great War invents a conflict that never happened. His later books, including Himmler’s War, North Reich, and Germanica, continued to mine World War II for alternate possibilities.

Conroy passed away in 2014, but two posthumous novels, The Day After Gettysburg and Interregnum, appeared in 2018. His books appeal to military history enthusiasts who enjoy speculative fiction grounded in real historical knowledge. Each novel requires the reader to accept a single changed premise and then follows the military and political consequences with careful attention to period detail.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Robert Conroy written?

Robert Conroy has written sixteen books in one series.

What was Robert Conroy's first book?

Robert Conroy’s first book is 1901, published in 1995.

What wars does Robert Conroy cover in his novels?

Conroy wrote about a wide range of conflicts, including the American Revolution, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Cold War. Each novel poses a ‘what if’ question about a specific military turning point and follows the consequences through to their conclusion.

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