Re: Blood and Iron
Karl Wagner is a disgruntled middle-aged instructor at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College. He finds himself concerned about the direction which the German nation is headed in—just as he is killed by a terrorist attack. Only to awaken and find himself reborn as an infant, Bruno von Zehntner, the youngest son of a noble family renowned for its part in the German war industry a few years after the founding of the German Empire. Bruno, as he is now known, desires to rewrite history and ensure the German Empire emerges victorious in the coming century. And in doing so, finds himself entrenched in a world filled with Blood and Iron!
Alcoholism, Corruption, and Incompetency
In this life, Bruno had saved the Tsar and his family from certain death. In his past life, they were canonized as saints by the Orthodox Church following their tragic murder by the Red Army. But in this life, Nicholas II, his wife, and children were still very much alive and healthy.
Among them, of course, was the Grand Duchess Olga Nicholaievna Romanov, who was one of several monarchs' daughters who in their formative years developed romantic inclinations towards Bruno.
She herself remained unmarried as she entered adulthood, and though she from time to time would read about Bruno's exploits in the Balkans and find herself smiling, she had long since gotten over her misplaced feelings.