So I was just musing today about world travel, and I couldn't help but wonder how much better off the world would be if one of the many conquerors who have attempted to add France to their empires had been more successful.
Any of them. Well, maybe not Hitler.
I blame the Lancastrians. If Henry V had only taken better care of his health, then France would be part of the United Kingdom of England, Scotland, and France. Belgium probably wouldn't be a separate country, but that wouldn't be a bad thing as long as they still made good chocolate and beer.
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An exploration of the different variants of reality. Your reality, my reality, realities that don't make sense in this universe (there are a lot of those), and the alternate realities that lurk about waiting to jump out and scare people.
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- Lord Wotziznutz, 1st Duke of Westmelbourne
- Space Coast/Florida, United States
- Full-time software systems engineer, part-time historian, part-time theologian