There is probably a reason you haven’t heard of the natural philosopher and scientist Paul-Henri Delaflote. A fiery reason.
The loss of Delaflote’s manifold contributions to the Scientific Revolution is thematically similar to Stoppard’s Arcadia, but with more explosions and half-wit Prussian kings.
In unrelated news, today is the summer solstice. Happy longest day of the year.
–Geoff
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Euler has somewhat suspiciously emerged from the smoking ruins of Delaflotte’s house with a tale to tell. A tale of a B-list libertine who rose through a strange and mystical contract to become The Man Who Would Destroy The Scientific Revolution. Things are getting thick, chums. It’s Episode 46: An Exposition of Exposition, and it’s the only thing we’ve got left in a world gone mad.
– The Count and Geoff
Catherine did have to get special dispensation from Pope Julius II in order to marry Henry VIII. She had earlier married Henry’s brother but, according to her, he had died before they could formally, well, you know…
In the boring, entirely unsatisfying, “real” timeline, Ignatius had nothing to do with this, being only 18 at the time and still in his “screw and stab” phase. Ignatius had only been part of Spanish court life for three years by 1509, and not in much of a position to influence anybody.
OR WAS HE?
No, really, no position whatsoever. On a related item, Peter was a tremendous fan of naval lock construction and was known to halt his diplomatic entourage for hours to talk with local workers about how their locks were built, what their capacities were, and so on. So, it’s not entirely unlikely that his first reaction upon hearing a German accent would be “LOCKS!! HALLOWED, HALLOWED LOCKS!!”
– Count Dolby von Luckner
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Frederick, Newton, and Peter finally figured out Loyola’s target and, true to their word, arrived just in the nick of time… to watch him get entirely and generally blown up. Has Loyola truly won this day? Who is his next fiendish target? Just what are the microeconomic theories governing Things On Fire? It’s all there, plus the return of an old favorite, in Episode 45: Burning Down the House!!
– The Count and Geoff