He Walked Around the Horses

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The narrative of Benjamin Brathurst, a British ambassador, who out of nowhere winds up in a world marginally unique in relation to his own. Delivered from Astounding Science Fiction, April 1948. Broad exploration didn’t reveal any proof that the copyright on this distribution was reestablished.

Book Excerpt

promotion asked him, “Who is the Lord Jehovah?” Then, after a second, a look of perception came into his face.

“Along these lines, you Prussians surrender him the title of Emperor, and allude to him as Napoleon,” he said. “All things considered, I can guarantee you that His Britannic Majesty’s legislature haven’t done as such, and never will; not all that long as one Englishman has a finger left to pull a trigger. General Bonaparte is a usurper; His Britannic Majesty’s administration don’t perceive any sway in France aside from the House of Bourbon.” This he said harshly, like reproaching me.