The Epoch's Shadow
The salons of 1890s Paris were gilded cages of conversation and perfume, but Arthur saw only the cracks in the plaster. He was a low-level attaché at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a man whose job was to transcribe the dreams of diplomats and the nightmares of spies. The Great Powers of Europe were locked in a dance of mutual distrust. The "Balance of Power" was a fragile web of treaties and...
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