French Empire: But Napoleon IV

Destiny called for a grand French Empire—punching Austria, humbling Russia, meddling in Spain, and defying Prussia. Under the rule of Napoleon, the Second Empire should have been unstoppable. The only problem was that Napoleon III was at the helm, stumbling toward his inevitable downfall. When a modern soul suddenly awakens inside the body of Eugène Napoleon, the crown prince of France, he thinks he has a fighting chance. All he needs to do is stop his reckless father from falling for Bismarck’s traps and blindly provoking Prussia. With France's formidable might, he could easily secure the nation's supremacy, weather the storms of the coming century, and decisively dismantle Germany once and for all. There is just one catastrophic flaw: the timing. He didn't transmigrate years in advance. He opened his eyes on July 19, 1870—the exact day Napoleon III arrogantly declared war on Prussia. With the Emperor already dragging his only son to the front lines of a doomed conflict, the newly minted Napoleon IV faces an impossible uphill battle as history's countdown begins.