tom colton

"Britannicus was now of age — Britannicus, the genuine and deserving stock to succeed to his father's power, which an interloping heir by adoption now exercised in virtue of the iniquities of his mother..." Annals, Book XIII by Tacitus (with further apologies to Vidal, Brass and...

SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF DENMARK (source) "To be, or not to be...so that's the question?" === Angels and ministers of grace preserve us! What ho! This is madness; be there method in it? Quite so. In my bid to give everything real-life precedent like I did with King Arthur and...

THE DARK AGES THE LAND WAS DIVIDED AND WITHOUT A KING (CUE THE WAGNER) (click here to Camelot-size) Shield of Arturius Aurelianus, Dux Britanniarum (Leader of all Britannia) 516-537AD. ======= Well, that was fast. What can I say? I'm feeling inspired. Anything to get out of writing...

Himmler's Germany: The Agrarian Totalitarian (?) ==="Heil Himmler," the SS man belted, sticking his arm straight out like a bolt. "Heil Himmler," Alois said, returning the salute with somewhat less enthusiasm. The black-uniformed guard passed his papers back to him, and Frank found himself...

Bust of Caesar Publius Helvius Pertinax Augustus, 19th Roman Emperor (193 - 197 AD). === "At times, it appears that the debate concerning historiography of the emperor Pertinax, infamous for practically destroying the same Praetorian Guard which brought him to power following their...

TLOAM: FOUR EMPERORS MAKE A WINNING HAND (Click here to emperor-size) ======= All right, what fresh hell is this? Rude! No, but seriously. Another project, when you can't even keep to a fortnightly schedule on Weber's Germany, let alone a TLIAM? Reread the thread title, mate...

(Awesome title card courtesy of SargentHawk) "La plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas." ("The finest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not exist.") Charles Baudelaire, Le spleen de Paris, XXIX (1862) ======= PROLOGUE ======= THE RISE AND...