John Fredrick Parker
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I... didn't get the sense, reading up on this period, that the British were especially obsessed with restoring the Bourbons to the French throne; for most of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, their explicit aims, even at their most ambitious, were to push back French troops, borders, and influence, with Royal Restoration only being added in the final months or years. And even then, that was largely due to Talleyrand's influence, and not wanting another ruler too friendly with Russia (like Bernadotte).I suspect that the British and allied interests would view Boneys death as a further spur to attain the aim of returning a Bourbon to the French throne.
All of whch is to say, if the Britsh see any opportunities in Napoleon's death, it will more likely be to in the realm of French satellites (eg kicking Joseph out of Spain for good), or in finding whatever new regime comes to power easier to deal with than Napoleon was (at least at first).
CONSOLIDATE: Here's something that might be its own thread -- how does a "Napoleonic" Europe, in the short to medium term, affect the colonial power struggle with regard to Asia and the Indian Ocean? Does it distract Russia from Central Asia, or the British from consolidating control over India? Would Britain suffer French satellite states to keep colonial possessions in the east -- namely, could Bonapartist Spain keep the Phillipines, while the Dutch keep Java? How does this help or hurt the various sultanates and kingdoms (and one shogunate) scattered across the region? And, of course, what about the Qing?
Something else that comes to mind -- TTL isn't going to see the restoration of the Papal State, at least not any time soon; so how does that affect the wider Catholic Church and Christianity in general?
PLUS: Related discussions: effects on Russia and the Ottomans; effects on Latin America; also economic and colonial matters (in TTL among others)
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