“ I hope that young women who read the book feel empowered and inspired to follow their dreams, and to lift each other up,” McGee said. The American experiment of representational democracy caught like wildfire across the globe, leading many countries to revolt against their systems of government. What if George Washington had become a king instead? This question is the heartbeat of the book. Marriages used as political leverage and romances decreed by treaties are concepts that are mostly left in the time period of Mary Queen of Scots, but McGee explores the alternative. One interesting angle that is explored is International Affairs. The novel is a tale full of drama, suspense, heartbreak, rebellion and betrayal with a modern-day monarch twist. With this rule in play, Beatrice Washington, Princess Royal, will be the first queen regnant. The late king, King Edward III, famously stopped the male-only succession and switched it to the oldest child. “American Royals” explores an American society that is consumed by monarchs. The Washington’s royal blood dates back to George Washington, and the throne has been held by a male heir ever since.
Katharine McGee explores a genre that is closely related revolving around alternative history in her New York Times best-selling novel, “American Royals.” Alternative history asks, “What if,” whereas dystopian novels explore a projected future. The kind of books that had just enough reality to make them question the society surrounding them, such as The Hunger Games, Divergent and Maze Runner series. Most college-aged bookworms grew up on dystopian novels.
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