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Peace Undone
AKA
Metternich's Nightmare



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La Presse
May 14th 1838


Foreign News

Russia - St Petersburg - Earlier this morning Russia has suffered a great disruption, its reigning monarch Tsar Nicholas I has been struck dead by a fatal injury in his home. The Russian nation mourns the death of their Emperor. Our Citizen King Louis Phillipe has also offered his condolences to the Romanov family and the whole of the Russian nation. The Tsar has always been a controversial figure among the French known for his extremely conservative policies, and Iron fisted rule over Russia. With his death he leaves a nation in shock, in the hands of his young heir Alexander II of the age of only twenty. Only time will tell what this titanic event will mean for Russia, and the whole of Europe.




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Alright guys so this is my first official BIG timeline concerning a European general war breaking out in the 1840s thowing the entire of continent out of whack, with the POD being Czar Nicholas's untimely death in 1838. Don't worry though this isn't going to be some sort of Franz Ferdinand mirror there's a lot more at play here. Anyways id love to hear from you guys about any criticisms or suggestions or whatever. I'm really excited about this timeline


Edit: So due to criticism of the previous version of my first post, I have reworked it, to be a bit more accurate and fit into a style I'm more comfortable writing in. Sorry for the confusion, also the shorter length is mostly trying to fit into the constraints of La Presse's foreign section which I was trying to replicate. Future posts will be much longer, but I want to toy more with this newspaper format, perhaps showing different sides of the story, could be interesting.
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