The Legacy of the Glorious

I re-read it again ( I like to do it before reading the new posts if some time has passed ) and I thought that it also would be interesting if the former Portuguese King would accepted, very improbable but what a nice butterfly.

I actually think that with France concentrated in fighting the Prussians the Spanish had a ( very small ) chance to do what you have written ... but IMHO they would have to be really lucky.

I was thinking that even if Isabella was quite stupid it was not stupid enough to accept a crown with French military help ... after all even if his father did it it was with the "blessings" of the Congress of Vienna. But if she is "desperate enough..."

With modern "nationalistic" ideas burning hot, I suspect that Roussillon ( Oran not so much ) will be a poisoned inheritance ( although I suppose that the Catalans would love it )

Excellent update and great work.
 
Great timeline!! Spain always seem to get bad luck and little love from AH, so I hope you can post a triumphant Spain going to the 20th century and beyond!!

Next spanki....I mean victorious war: the USA :D
 
OK, this is the third story. This time, it is a different thing: instead of someone's memories, it is a part of a book written in this timeline. I hope that you like it (unfortunately, the only book of Valle-Inclán I've ever read is Luces de Bohemia, so the style in this extract is probably very different to the RL Valle-Inclán's).

3: Extract from Ramón María de Valle-Inclán's book From High Tops, third book of the Carlist Wars Trilogy, after The Crusaders of the Cause and The Ancient Times' Bigwigs, taking place slightly after Charles VII asks for Napoleon III's help.

The discussion was very advanced between the military and ecclesiastical chiefs of the forces loyal to Charles VII, talking about the problems the requetés were having to obtain the weaponry necessary to rise up against the disloyal Government, when the Marquis of Bradomín, owner of the mansion where the meeting was taking place, entered the room very fast, shaking off the cape he had not been able to take off before and carrying a newspaper under the arm.


Friends!” shouted the Marquis, bringing the discussions the chiefs were involved in to an end. “I bring terrible news: our king Charles has gone to the French enemy.”


If there had been some noise before, now it was all a deafening clamor. All present people were trying to make themselves heard at the same time, raising their voices over everybody else's. The shouting only ended when General Cucala slammed his hand on the table, making the coffee cups and the dishes on the table clink.


Gentlemen! Silence! This is a very controversial and important matter, too much to waste our time shouting like chickens when the fox is amongst them. Are you sure of your statement, Marquis?”


The Marquis answered by leaving the newspaper he had brought over the table, opened by page four. It was a French newspaper, but none of the present people had any problem to understand what the article in that page said. Had the newspaper been in Spanish, they would have marked it as a lie from the disloyal Government in an attempt to dirty the King's name, but, given that it was a French newspaper, there was no doubt that it was a real event. The shouting Cucala had silenced reappeared, and it took several minutes for everyone to recover their calm.


My dearest friends,” the Marquis said, once silence came back, “we find ourselves in a quandary, and we must choose our way as soon as possible. On the one side, we can follow our king and collaborate with the French when they invade our nation. On the other side, we can support the Government's troops and the Prussian usurper in the defense of Spain to expel the French when they arrive. Independently of what choice this council decides to take, it must be taken before the French troops enter the Motherland, or it will be all for naught. And, much to my regret, after so many years working for our King, I vote that we face the French.”


Are you that willing to betray our King?” one of the bishops asked.

“It is true that I swore loyalty to King Charles, but I also swore loyalty to Spain. Right now, King Charles has betrayed Spain. And I cannot, in good conscience, follow the King's steps when it is still fresh in all of our memories the deals that the King's great-uncle and great-grandfather made with the Bonaparte tyrant,” the Marquis answered. “If the situation was different, not only would I suggest that we kept fighting against the usurper's army, but I would even be willing to take arms and go into combat. However, we are in a moment in which it is clear that what matters most is neither us nor the Cause, but our Motherland. France will not be able to win a two-front war, and when France falls it will mean the end for us. Do you believe that the usurper's armies will not take advantage of all of this to attack us when the war ends, or even before then? That is the only reason I think that, if our cause is going to fall, that at least it may happen on our own volition and for our love to the Motherland, so that it cannot be said that we were defeated in the battlefield. Are you gentlemen with me, or will I have to go alone and state my willingness to help the nation in this crisis?”



Silence took over the present people after the Marquis' speech. All of
them, although they might have not wanted to say it aloud, knew that Bradomín was right. It was time to choose what was more important for them: the Motherland, or the King?
 
Ladies and Gentlemen,

Due to RL circumstances, Linense has been unable to work as much as he would love to do in writing the next chapter (the first half of the 1870's, approximately), but it is his hope (and mine) that he will have the initial version of this before the end of the Christmas holidays, so do not worry!
 
Ladies and Gentlemen,

Due to RL circumstances (Specifically, a serious flu that I'm still suffering for weeks, a virus that damages my PC just before New Year's Eve, and that I have some final exams in February), I have been unable to work as much as I would love to do in writing the next chapter in these days.

For the reasons already mentioned, unfortunately I can not update my alternate history until after my February exams. However, I want to assure you that this alternative history will not be abandoned, and while the time goes on until I can post the next chapter, I propose that anyone interested in this uchronia can say any proposal about it (thus, the thread wouldn't be desert during that time).
 
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Given that Linense is busy, I have decided to send him something that could be the next chapter. It has most of what he told me he wants the chapter to feature, and it takes place in the 1871-1874 period.

Hopefully, Linense's exams will end soon and he will be able to rejoin this place.
 
Hi, everyone!

We know many of you must be anxiously waiting till I update this AH's next chapter, but I am sorry to tell you that, the way it is now, The Legacy of the Glorious will not continue.

Due to many personal and technical problems, the system that Milarqui and I had picked to write this story is too complicated to follow, and we do not know what to do.

In the end, we have agreed to restart it all. However, we have thought about something that you will probably be interested in: while I rewrite the story from the start, changing certain things to make it all more realistic, Milarqui has promised to rewrite the original story again, using his own style, and go further than what we have in this thread, as well as helping me with the translation. This way, you will be able to read two stories starting at the same point, but with different things happening.

We have planned, more or less, what will happen between 1870 (when the original POD happens) and the end of the nineteenth century. If we are lucky, we won't have the same problem we have gone through now, and you will be able to enjoy the entire story, by double item.

Thank you very much for reading and supporting this AH, and we hope you like the new versions of The Legacy of the Glorious.


Yours,
Linense.
 
The Legacy of the Glorious (Milarqui's Cut) began yesterday, with the first chapter detailing the road to La Gloriosa. Do not miss it, and post your opinion!
 
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