Imperial Ambitions [APH HRExItaly] by sailorgreywolf, literature
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Imperial Ambitions [APH HRExItaly]
The news of Napoleon's provocations came on the hooves of a single rain-drenched messenger who had ridden straight from Paris to Vienna, confiscating horses along the way. He frantically explained that England and France were close to blows, and France's new emperor seemed ready and willing to engage in war. The Holy Roman Empire listed to the news and watched the look of determination pass over his Austrian guardian's face. He knew the thoughts that were crossing the man's mind; they were the same ones that were on his. Wars in Europe never remained the business of two countries. Many of the squabbles about relatively little land had turned