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Based off this thread about Caligula being Dracula In original timeline, in Royal Hungary in the 16th-17th Century, lived the Countess Elizabeth Báthory, a Hungarian Noblewoman, who was infamously a serial killer, where she and a few servants purportedly tortured and killed hundreds of girls...

The works of Ayn Rand are often cited by business and political leaders and have had a huge influence on the modern and current libertarian movement. What happens if the Fountainhead was a commercial and critical failure and Rand moves to obscurity. How does that effect political culture...

In the early 1900s, and for a time even into the years of World War 1, there was a sense in various cultures that the 20th century has the potential to go off in a very positive and novel direction, compared to past eras, coupled with a certain sense of uncertainty. For example in Hungary, a...

Essentially, sort of a literary equivalent to The best movies/TV shows/video games never made threats. Only this time, it's about books ranging from novels, comic books and graphic novels, and textbooks for schools.

Growing up in Hungary, this was my favorite work from Jules Verne, resonating well with experiencing occasional hardships in countryside life in Central Europe, and in spite of this, remaining optimistic, resourceful, and co-operative while trusting God. The novel is still an obligatory reading...

King Ralph is a movie released in 1991 based on the novel Headlong by Emlyn Williams. On the surface it's a standard 90's fish out of water comedy but definitely falls in the category of alternate history as well. In it Finland is depicted as having a Royal Family and a nation state called...

Another offshot of all the "Top X Never Made." Only this time with books. Ranging from fiction to even books detailing various AH events.

Hi there! I was a big fan of the novel Bring the Jubilee, but I’ve always wondered what happened between Gettysburg and 1950, so I thought that I’d write a timeline to fill in the gaps so to speak. Anyhow, I present Bring the Jubilee: Filling in the Gaps 1860-1885 Abraham Lincoln, first and...

So, what are some thoughts about Conroy's last novel before he died? The plot is a bad rainstorm raises the Potomac River and Lee can't escape the state. His army breaks through Meade's forces and goes on to occupy Harrisburg until January 1864 or so. Lincoln fights off Booth in an...

OOC: This timeline takes place in a world where Ireland is basically TTL's British Empire when it comes to the world domination thing. Even non-Irish Celtic culture was more prominent, with Brittany being considered one of France's great culture centers, as opposed to the rather poor and...

During the Heian Period in Japan, a great work was written. Lady Murasaki, a court lady in the service of Empress Shoshi, wrote what was considered the world's first novel, "The Tale of Genji". It follows the story of Hikaru Genji, the son of a fictional emperor who falls in love with a low...

I was looking through some things on wikipedia where I came across a novel called Headlong of which some of you may know as they apparently terrible film King John. However going by the original plot of the novel, what if the airship disaster as described in the novel does kill the entire royal...