Progress Report.
Sorry about the three-week black hole, got sucked into a very demanding freelance job. I intend to write further this week, even though it seems my schedule will be even worse.
Good point. I was thinking the only way to avoid the fleets to become a friction point was to...
Stolengood: I looked it up, and I believe Hélène would be a more logical spouse for Albert. First of all, Alix of Hesse detested Albert, and was a defender of the autocratic regime later on so I don't see how she would go well with the British monarchy. Second, Albert and Hélène loved each...
David S Poepoe: Fixed. Check it out.
Stolengood: Hadn't thought of it! Nice idea. He was a kind guy - I wonder what would Europe look like today if two 'milquetoasts'* had ruled the two strongest Empires back then.
BBadolato: I found no reason to believe differently for what I wrote, but I...
Correction as ponted out - and ideas for update
Well, yeah, you are right. I re-read that part, and what I think I meant was that Christian lost the territories, and the fact that he was father-in-law to Edward got lost in translation, I guess. I'm gonna fix it.
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The Five Years of the Good King, part one(continued)
(a historical analysis)
By Markgraf Rüdiger von Bülow-Merckatz, 13rd Duke of Lower Lothringen
translated from the Straßburger GHG
As if the public dispute between the Kaiser and the Chancellor wasn't enough of a problem, their disagreements...
Good point on the "not expected". I can't remember where I got that from. I will have to re-write that part. Please do not apologize for nitpicking. I wouldn't be posting it on the internet if I did not expect people to point out my blunders. Please do - it helps me improve as a writer.
PS. Oh...
I'm referring to Kaiser Friedrich III, son of Wilhelm I and father of Wilhelm II. And maybe he was not a liberal, but he certainly was a moderate. He was married to Princess Victoria, daughter of Queen Victoria of England; he admired the constitutional provisions of England and saw the Reichstag...
The Five Years of the Good King, part one
(a historical analysis)
By Markgraf Rüdiger von Bülow-Merckatz, 13rd Duke of Lower Lothringen
translated from the Straßburger GHG
The death of Kaiser Wilhelm I was, at the same time, publicly mourned and privately celebrated. While many within the...