TLIAM: The Withered Oak

Nice. Puritan Peter Snow presenting the major battle that sees James dead. Given the manner of his death, I expect there are those who see him as a tragic hero, brave but flawed. That's a tantalising hint of more battles to come in which the Royalist cause survives too. I'm intrigued.
 
Very interested to see how this pans out. A continuing Commonwealth doesn't come up terribly often on this site, and it's very gratifying to see a timeline as well-written as this exploring the subject.

The "or is it?" has me worried. History being what it is, monarchies are often persistent buggers, especially at this point in history when republican governance is exceptionally rare. The Protectorate may not be so much of a "monarchy without a king" in this timeline, but it sounds like it's going to remain a fairly rigid oligarchy for a very long time to come.

I don't to give anything away, but yes, it does tend to be difficult to get anything better than autocracy or oligarchy at this point in time (or ever, depending on how keen you are on Proudhon). Thank you very much for your compliment about my writing - I generally see that as my main flaw, which is why I've tried to vary the formats of my updates as a distraction.

Great stuff, guys!

Nice one. :cool:

Nice. Puritan Peter Snow presenting the major battle that sees James dead. Given the manner of his death, I expect there are those who see him as a tragic hero, brave but flawed. That's a tantalising hint of more battles to come in which the Royalist cause survives too. I'm intrigued.

Hence the mediocre tragedic play in a previous section.
 
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