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PINYL #10: 'Hubris and Nemesis Again'
🕑 Added 2020-05-17 10:55:25 +0000 UTC[PATRONS]
Just because our Bismarck party is in full swing, doesn't mean Poland should be left to the wayside!
In our latest episode here, we see what happened in the immediate aftermath of Poltava in 1709. Peter was triumphant, his nemesis in Charles had been utterly destroyed...or had he? In desperation, the King of Sweden made for the Ottoman Empire, and to the one place where a campaign of vengeance might feasibly be arranged. For sure, Charles' glittering reputation was in pieces, but as Peter was about to learn, the ordeal was far from over, and Charles fully intended to throw everything he had at the rising Tsar...
