The Josephine Letters

“The Guardian Law, and the war against Alderell, devastated Astoria's economy. With many men conscripted or dead, few were left in Astoria to chaperone its women. Businesses failed and trade faltered, leading to massive panic.

It was Queen Josephine’s prolific letters that eventually swayed the nobility to repeal the Guardian Law; scholars still cite the Josephine Letters as the best political writing of the age.”