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CONTENTS


Preface vii
I. If Themistocles Had Not Beaten Aristides in an Athenian Election 13
II. If the Moors Had Won the Battle of Tours 21
III. If King Ethelred of England Had Not Married the Norman Emma 30
IV. If Columbus Had Kept His Straight Course Westward 37
V. If Queen Elizabeth Had Left a Son or Daughter 47
VI. If the Philarmonia Had Not Given Concerts at Vicenza 56
VII. If the Spanish Armada Had Sailed at Its Appointed Time 64
VIII. If Champlain Had Tarried in Plymouth Bay 71
IX. If Charles II Had Accepted the Kingship of Virginia 79
X. If Admiral Penn Had Persisted in Disowning His Son William 91
XI. If the Boy George Washington Had Become a British Midshipman 99
XII. If Alexander Hamilton Had Not Written About the Hurricane 107