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I've been wondering lately why Henry chose to seize the crown for his own rather than be happy with Richard II's abdication. He seems to have gained very little for the price of being called usurper; having Parliament declare him Lord Protector or Regent for Richard's most legitimate heir...

Or perhaps American belligerence, if you prefer. I've been thinking about German reparations and the Dawes Plan. Specifically, suppose there's a U.S. Administration other than Hoover 1929-33 (Charles Dawes himself, I'm thinking) that's far more willing to engage in mulish blustering at Europe...

So I've been thinking lately about Marlborough and the War of Spanish Succession. Specifically, about a disagreement he had with Prince Eugene of Savoy after Oudenarde. Marlborough wanted to strike fast, directly for Paris, while France was in disarray and its army broken; Prince Eugene insisted...

So I've been reading up on the Chinese Revolution and Korean War, and I'm wondering. Suppose Mao's eldest son manages to survive the Korean War? Elder and Junior's relationship wasn't perfect, but it wasn't terrible either, and surviving both the Eastern Front of WWII and Korea gives Junior some...

So I've been toying lately with an idea about having the Pazzi Conspiracy fail more dramatically than OTL. In 1478, a conspiracy involving the Pazzi family, the Archbishop of Florence, possibly the Pope, and a cast of thousands tried to assassinate Lorenzo and Giuliano de Medici. Lorenzo...