The French Revolution and the rising of Napoleon was set forward by a very particular series of events involving famine, financial ruin and political repression. The French revolution is by no means exactly reproducible but I have always wondered about the possibility or requirements for other Napoleonic figures to rise in other nations?
As a germanophillie I had always wondered if this time period could have brought about a German Republic (then Empire) led by a Prussian Napoleon. As a new Alternate History poster, I was wondering if any AH veterans had any ideas (or links to other timelines) of alternative early-modern revolutionary movements?