Eh, Cromwell is a practical man. As the idea of him falling madly in love with Katherine Howard of all people is absurd he is probably reasonably pleased with this whole arrangement - as the man who not only delivered Henry's longed for second son, but also is conveniently providing his wife as...
I'm not aware of Charles V having any claim to Normandy so that doesn't make a huge amount of sense to me, but here is what it looks likes with England taking everything north of a line running from Granville and Ouistreham and the rest of the Duchy of Normandy going to Charles.
Was your map...
It doesn't really - most of the land bordering Calais you are showing as English in 1528 was actually Spanish at this point - it's mainly Artois, which didn't become French for another century. Meanwhile you have Brittany missing a third of the Duchy, including it's largest and richest city and...
I think that would be an excellent choice for a Vignette de l'Obscurité - not only would it show what one of OTL's most prominent Tudor courtiers got up to, but it would also give you a way to show what is going on in English & Burgundian city politics and commercial circles. Let me know if you...
As a partisan of Cromwell I find it hard to celebrate More being in goverment, even if do love his writings. He was certainly the towering literary figure of Henry VIII's reign.
Whilst obscure in historical terms Cromwell likely left a legacy for his family that any other burgher of London...
That all makes sense, though is a bit of a shame - both from my perspective as a fan of Cromwell and from England's perspective, as with all those debts John has built up they really could have used someone with his financial skills.
Out of interest what has Thomas Cromwell been up to? Asside from providing the opening quote he's never appeared which is a shame as he really is the most interesting figure of the Tudor court.
Based on his lack of mention he obviously hasn't made it into the higher ranks government -...
Stalin is an opportunist, if he asks for Cannakale and gets it that's great. If he asks for it and the Allies say no he hasn't lost anything but maybe he says no to something they want in return. Or accepts it without a quid pro quo to make himself look reasonable.
His objective is to get as...
So there appears to be three models of British decolonisation here:
Independence: for larger nations which are fully capable of assuming responsability for their own defence, such as India, Burma, the East African Federation, Jamaica, etc. Some of these (such as Jamaica) would have preffered...
I'm interested in what the butterflies of this bloodier and more radical civil war outside of America are going to be. The Austro Prussian war is due to break out soon, but enough has changed that it either might not occur or the outcome could be different.
I'm enjoying this greatly, but like others I find your events in France highly implausible. I think it spoils the timeline and changes this from something which could be Turtledove worthy to an amusing but silly story. I would strongly encourage you to retcon it whilst you still can.
It's not really the Americans who matter when deciding the borders in the Balkans, the British and Greeks are the ones with most of the troops on the ground.