a stately quadrille
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England has been coaxed back from the Caribbean and his return causes a stir at Vienna. Austria observes and does what he can to maintain the delicate balance of stately powers in Europe.
A baroque ballroom fic set in Vienna between the Wars of Spanish and Austrian succession (1730). Can be read as a continuation from my other fic 'Jonah'.
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- Part 1 of a stately quadrille
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“You kiss like a brute,” he sneers at his soon-to-be ally.
England only grins, looking dishevelled and wild like the carved figureheads on the prows of his ships. “And you kiss like Spain.”
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After the dance Austria brings England, France, and Prussia into his bed for some hot and sticky diplomatic manoeuvring.
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The bedroom scene that follows 'a stately quadrille', but can be read alone. Set in Vienna in 1730 (baroque).
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- Part 2 of a stately quadrille