belle epoque

Jules Ferry was one of the most important men of the Third Republic, and is more known for his education laws that reduced the Chuch's influence while he served as premier. His government was destroyed by a press campaign led by George Clemenceau about the handling of the Sino-French War, a...

This is a timeline I've wanted to do for a while now and is my first timeline. It will consist of maps and maybe flags and wikiboxes of the world in a timeline that has not seen a major war between Great Powers since 1860s (though the actually PoD is as yet undetermined and will likely be...

Preface Years ago, I started work on a novel, The Devil and Harvey Hill, that told the story of a Confederate victory from the eyes of four historical characters: Robert Smalls, Confederate General D.H. Hill, OTL spy and probable Lincoln conspirator Sara Slater, and an obscure carpenter and...

Disaster Averted? How a single turn changed the world. For the past century, Europe hasn't seen much of a continent-spanning conflict. There have been hiccups here and there but for the most part, the continent was able to avoid another continent-wide war. During this time many European powers...

Basically what it says in the title. The composition of each alliance doesn't matter, so long as it involves at least Germany, France, and Britain or Russia. It is said here in my country's education program that the balance of powers and alliances that would lead to WWI was set by the Berlin...