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