Recent content by plantagenet

I have to say I am loving this! Both the idea and the writing are excellent and I hope to see a good deal more of it.

It may have been genetic - IIRC his dad and one of his uncles and I think maybe one or more of his relatives died of cancer. In fact I think his dad died of cancer at about the same age he did.

They all look cool, but I would vote for either the Teutonic Knights having more success in the East or the Hanseatic League lasting longer/doing better. Do you have any specific PODs in mind yet?

If Philip becomes emperor instead of Charles and the Habsburg family stays anchored in Antwerp or wherever, or at least maintains a strong presence in the area, do they become more French like Charles was before he moved to Spain, or does the administration of the Netherlands gradually take on a...

In Cedar Grove, Wisconsin, there is an annual Holland Fest, complete with klompen dancing, Dutch costume, oliebollen - a kind of pastry like a giant doughnut hole, and worstebroodjes - like pigs in a blanket. I think there is a band, too, that plays "traditional" music. But its been over 150...

Here is a link @ Amazon. And here is a review of the book.

You, sir, are insanely prolific with this, and I heartily approve.:D The only question I have is: what effect, if any, is all this stuff having on the Roman Republic? I would think a Hellen(ist)ic superpower and the fall of Carthage would be hugely significant for Roman expansion and the...

This TL is awesome. I don't know enough about the subject to know how authentic particular details might be, but it *feels* right and in any case is very cool. Two thumbs up!

I think the emphasis on Christianity, especially in the century from 1850 to 1950 or so would be quite great as far as modernity goes. Expect commentators in the US to focus on the importance of democracy and for Americans and Britons alike to play up free market capitalism or some version of it.

Changing the sex of Charles the Bold's heir(ess) is such a big thing that virtually nothing occurring afterward apart from broad trends stemming from pre-existing conditions can be assumed to remain the same. A powerful Burgundian state with an assured succession would throw into disarray the...

That sounds awesome! You should totally do that.

Agent of Byzantium, Ruled Britannia and, to a lesser extent, How Few Remain.

It is the Latin name used by the Romans when they occupied Britain in ancient times. Incidentally, and I know this is splitting hairs, but I should have put Vieche, not Vieches; I inadvertently put a superfluous -s on that word. As cool as I still think it would be for a Spanish linguist...

Following regular Castilian sound changes, I believe Latin Vectis would yield something like Veche or Viche or perhaps Vieches, with persons from the island being known in Spanish as Vechés, -esa. I don't know if it would be in keeping with Spanish practice to craft a new Spanish name from an...

One of the reasons Tokyo wasn't targeted in OTL was that the US didn't want to kill the Emperor for fear the militarists would leverage that to fight to the last man, literally. So is the "insanity" something that makes Truman et al want the war to drag on God knows how much longer and cost that...