Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by HBO/Sky Atlantic/Kobal/Shutterstock (10706404ay) Morgan Spector as Herman Levin and Zoe Kazan as Elizabeth 'Bess' Levin 'The Plot Against America' TV Show, Season 1 - 2020 Characters live in an alternative history in which Franklin D. Roosevelt was defeated in the U.S. presidential election of 1940 by Charles Lindbergh.