World War Pimlico. After becoming a market for off-the-ration goods and being subsequently blockaded (albeit unsuccessfully), Burgundy is readmitted into the United Kingdom. Pavane by Keith Roberts Charles the Good In an alternate reality where the assassination of Elizabeth I results in the suppression of Protestantism and the ascendancy of the Catholic Church as a European and world power by the twentieth century, Charles the Good is the King of England and the nominal ruler of the New World. In the story Corfe Gate, a regional rebellion led by Lady Eleanor breaks out during his reign. The Peshawar Lancers by S. M. Stirling Victoria II reigned from 1921 to 1942. Presumably the eldest surviving child of George V, she was hedonistic, intelligent and sexually liberal with most of what defined her reign being whitewashed out of history books. She died unmarried and without issue. Albert I, the cousin of Victoria II and a former Professor of Indo-European Languages, reigned from 1942 to 1989. Elizabeth II, reigned from 1989 to 2005. She is known as the 'Whig Empress' for pushing for the right for women to study at universities. King-Emperor John II is the ruler of the British Empire (Angrezi Raj) in an alternate history set in 2025. He was the second son of Elizabeth II, his older brother Edward having predeceased him. He was killed when the Imperial air yacht Garuda was hijacked and heavily damaged by the captain, a radical Afrikaner nationalist, in collaboration with the Russian Empire. Charles III, the son of John II. Reigned from 2025 onwards. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides King George II is a greedy ruler of England who employs Captain Hector Barbossa as a privateer and attempts to order Captain Jack Sparrow to guide an expedition to the Fountain of Youth before King Ferdinand of Spain locates it. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain Henry Tudor VIII was the previous king of England whose obesity hastened his death after the war. Edward Tudor is the young prince of Wales who trades places with Thomas Canty, the young pauper, before he is proclaimed to be the new and rightful king of England. The Puppet Masters The world is invaded by space parasites, capable of attaching themselves to the body of a human being and completely controlling him or her. The President of the US implements a policy of ordering all