Theodore Judson's 2004 alternate history science fiction novel — a pseudo-historical account of a future world in which a civilization (the Fitzpatrick civilization) rises and falls, narrated from within as if by a court historian — exploring themes of empire, charisma, and the reliability of historical narrative.
Creates a meditation on historiography within an alternate history framework — the unreliable narrator, the court historian compelled to flatter power, and the gap between official history and what actually happened provide a sophisticated reflection on how history is always written by those in power.
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