====== The Bloody Man ======

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    * By Ed Thomas ([[offtopic:EdT]])
    * [[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=208138|Link to forum thread.]]
    *  Winner of the [[alternate_history:2012 winners|2012]] [[alternate_history:turtledove_awards|Turtledove Award]] for **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165162/|"Best New Renaissance and Reformation Period Timeline"]]**, and the [[alternate_history:2013 winners|2013]] [[alternate_history:Turtledove Awards]] for **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196905/|"Best Continuing Renaissance and Reformation Period Timeline"]]**, **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/197002/|"Best Continuing Character"]]** and **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/197511/|"Best Overall Feature"]]**. 
    * In 2015 and 2016, [[offtopic:Sea Lion Press]] published e-books of the [[http://sealionpress.co.uk/our-books/the-bloody-man/|first]], [[http://sealionpress.co.uk/our-books/the-fiery-crucible/|two]] installments in a series of books covering the timeline.

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==== Setting ====

The mid 17th Century, concentrating on an alternate direction in life for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell|Oliver Cromwell]].

The title refers to the Book of Samuel in the Bible; "The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man."

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==== POD ====

In 1633, a drunken Oliver Cromwell looks up when IOTL he didn't, sees what he assumes is a sign from God, and as a result elects to emigrate to the colonies in New England. As the butterflies mount in the New World, back in England the Civil War goes rather differently without him, until eventually, all hell breaks loose...

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==== Plot ====

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==== Characters ====

  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell|Oliver Cromwell]], who starts a new and rather successful life in the New World.
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_England|Charles I]], who doesn't.
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill_(1620%E2%80%931688)|Winston Churchill]], who is romantic but wrong.
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lambert_(general)|John Lambert]], who is repulsive but right.
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blood|Colonel Thomas Blood]], who manages to be repulsive //and// wrong.
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Tany|Thomas Totney]], who keeps having these dreadful dreams...
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_II_of_Orange|William, Prince of Orange]], who is Charles I without the charm. 
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Artagnan|Charles Ogier de Batz de Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan]], "the name's d'Artagnan. Charles Ogier de Batz de Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan."
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne,_Duchess_of_Montpensier|Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier]], beautiful, talented, the richest woman in Europe, and not somebody to cross. 

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==== Including... ====

  * Puritan pillow fights!
  * Monkeys riding dogs into battle!
  * Men wearing masks of their own face!
  * At least one Angel of the Lord!
  * A rather aggressive Baby Jesus!
  * Ranting sluts!
  * Witch-pricking!
  * Oliver Cromwell- Demon Hunter!
  * The Three Musketeers!

And much more...

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==== Awards ====

//**[[timelines:The Bloody Man]]**// has won several awards:

  * - **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165162/|"Best New Renaissance and Reformation Period Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2012_winners|2012]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]])
  * - **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196905/|"Best Continuing Renaissance and Reformation Period Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2013_winners|2013]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]])

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