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So did the 1848 revolutions not happen? Which would leave Louis-Philippe on the French throne.
I think it did happen. It's just that the main event hopped across the Channel to Britain.
So did the 1848 revolutions not happen? Which would leave Louis-Philippe on the French throne.
I guess this also means no Napoleon III for the foreseeable future.
Maybe we'll see an opposite ending to the Franco-Prussian war. Where the French are defeated and overthrow their Orleans monarch. Then the Bonapartes try to make a comeback like the Orleans did IOTL.Bonaparte never give up this easily.
Philippe the Seventh
He looked at Thiers. Never a man he’d personally liked – as far as he knew, the only great friend of Adolphe Thiers was Adolphe Thiers – but he’d certainly been effective in Egypt. The right would hate him, the Austrians would throw a hissy fit, but the army would be delighted, and so would the people. Yes, maybe it was time once more.
Oh, the republicans are going to have a field day with that name. Perhaps not as much as a king John II in the UK but still. Not like he could have reigned under the name of Louis, or Charles, or Ferdinand, because the French and Spanish kings have quite thoroughly blotted the copy book, here.
And Joseph is downright Napoleonic.
I guess this also means no Napoleon III for the foreseeable future.
I can guarantee you he won't come to power ITTL, but the details will have to wait for the "where are they now" chapter.Bonaparte never give up this easily.
Yeah, there's not exactly a rich flora of names to choose from, is there?Oh, the republicans are going to have a field day with that name. Perhaps not as much as a king John II in the UK but still. Not like he could have reigned under the name of Louis, or Charles, or Ferdinand, because the French and Spanish kings have quite thoroughly blotted the copy book, here.
The end of the Constitutional Convention and the resulting settlement will be covered in the next update.Also, has Britain decided on who their king is going to be yet?
Is there a specific reason the Orleans didn't get overthrown like in OTL?
Well for one, Ferdinand is alive and succeeds the throne. Unlike in OTL where he was dead at this point. So that's a difference.You could, possibly, as a suggestion, read the preceding chapters. The #32 at the beginning of this one is a bit of a clue, I would have thought.
As a hint: there are three updates left in this act.Just did a re-read for clarity (great decision) -- is this the Great War mentioned earlier in the TL?
This will be covered in two updates' time.I of course have revolutionary sensibilities and an aversion to kings -- although it definitely seems like the Austrians lose judging by contextual clues, what with an Italian federation of republics and maybe Prince Albert in a can plus a united Germany with regional sentiments and preserved monarchs (a la Malaysia?) That being said, it'd also be funny to turn France into the 19th century's Germany, losing two Great Wars at the behest of an animating national ideology and martial spirit within two generations, and to see how that'd turn out. I'm sure the Russians could be convinced to save reaction's ass once more...
This will be covered in three updates' time.And to see how the Mexican War is resolved -- will Cali be annexed? Will America into Pacific via Sonora?
He can't go into the chamber, because Charles I arresting five members and Cromwell's repeated dissolutions established the precedent that The Monarch Or The Military Do Not Enter The House Without Permission, as seen at the start of the Queen's Speech ritual where the Black Rod gets the door slammed in his face and has to knock three times before being allowed to enter. And the Convention meets at Westminster Hall, whose front door is also the front door of Westminster Palace as a whole, so he can't enter the Palace by any other route. So what does he do? He stands in front of the door looking in menacingly until the Convention dissolves itself of its own free will.The scene of Anglesey coming on horse to the Commons feels very Spanish-style pronunciamiento to me. It's really good.
He can't go into the chamber, because Charles I arresting five members and Cromwell's repeated dissolutions established the precedent that The Monarch Or The Military Do Not Enter The House Without Permission, as seen at the start of the Queen's Speech ritual where the Black Rod gets the door slammed in his face and has to knock three times before being allowed to enter. And the Convention meets at Westminster Hall, whose front door is also the front door of Westminster Palace as a whole, so he can't enter the Palace by any other route. So what does he do? He stands in front of the door looking in menacingly until the Convention dissolves itself of its own free will.