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Vincit Qui Se Vincit – A Wars Of The Roses TL

Prologue

It is a time of uncertainty and weakness in England. Crushing defeats in the war against France have deprived the English of Gascony, lands that they have held for three centuries. King Henry VI, of the House of Lancaster, is a weak-minded man whose court is dominated by his wife Marguerite d’Anjou a...

WHAT IF Olympic had made it to the late 1950's?

In 1936 SS Olympic is brought by the Royal Navy as a training ship, with half an eye on the European situation. Most of her liner furniture and fittings ends up in storage. Olympic serves with distinction during WW2 as an armed troop ship, managing to sink another sub, and escape shelling...

Unlike in OTL, assume that a POD occurred in the succession struggle after Mao Zedong’s death. Or, if you prefer, assume that the Cultural Revolution itself unfolded differently. In any case, because of this change, Deng Xiaoping either never came to power or was removed partway through. Reform and Opening Up did not take place in the 1980s.

Marriage negotiations
On 1137, Aenor of Chattelherault is planning the marriages of her three daughters, Eleanor, Alice(Petronilla), and Philippa, she remembered that Philippa was born seven years ago(1130)[1] and her sister in law, Agnes, the Queen of Aragon had given birth to a son named Alfonso named after the his father's brother, Alfonso a year ago(1136) and she ...

I'm fascinated by Juana (Joanna) of Castile and Aragon, the heir of the Catholic monarchs, and think she's such a tragic character of history who had the potential to be a great queen if not for the constant interference of her father, husband, and son. She was known from a young age to be very intelligent, spoke several languages, played multiple musical instruments, and was we...