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| ==== Background ==== | ==== Background ==== |
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| [[offtopic:Thande]]'s first, and so far only, major timeline. It was started in January 2007, after Thande had already been on the site for two years, but some glimpses of it were provided by a series of brainstorming maps posted on the [[alternate history:Map Thread]] some months before. However, Thande radically changed the conception of the TL several times between then and writing the TL proper, so the maps bear little resemblance to the eventual TL. | [[offtopic:Thande]]'s first and most major timeline. It was started in January 2007, after Thande had already been on the site for two years, but some glimpses of it were provided by a series of brainstorming maps posted on the [[alternate history:Map Thread]] some months before. However, Thande radically changed the conception of the TL several times between then and writing the TL proper, so the maps bear little resemblance to the eventual TL. |
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| The original version of the TL would have featured an alternate George III of Great Britain who became obsessed with the Americas and fought in the [[pods:Seven Years War|Seven Years' War]] under an alias. Thande eventually rejected this for being too romantic. However, the title was more appropriate for that conception than it is for the eventual result. | The original version of the TL would have featured an alternate George III of Great Britain who became obsessed with the Americas and fought in the [[pods:Seven Years War|Seven Years' War]] under an alias. Thande eventually rejected this for being too romantic. However, the title was more appropriate for that conception than it is for the eventual result. |
| The timeline has won a total of 5 [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]] in the following categories: | The timeline has won a total of 5 [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]] in the following categories: |
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| * - **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=1715961&postcount=5|"Best 18th Century Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2008_winners|2008]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]]) | * - **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-1715961|"Best 18th Century Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2008_winners|2008]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]]) |
| * - **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=2456123&postcount=6|"Best 18th Century Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2009_winners|2009]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]]) | * - **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-2456123|"Best 18th Century Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2009_winners|2009]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]]) |
| * - **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=7242212&postcount=16|"Best Continuing 18th Century Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2013_winners|2013]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]]) | * - **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7242212|"Best Continuing 18th Century Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2013_winners|2013]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]]) |
| * - **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/attachment.php?attachmentid=223599&stc=1&d=1392004445|"Best Continuing 18th Century Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2014_winners|2014]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]]) | * - **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/223599/|"Best Continuing 18th Century Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2014_winners|2014]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]]) |
| * - **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/ta-2016-ft-s-timeline-png.279095/|"Best Finished Timelines & Scenarios Forum Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2016_winners|2016]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]]) | * - **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/ta-2016-ft-s-timeline-png.279095/|"Best Finished Timelines & Scenarios Forum Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2016_winners|2016]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]]) |
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