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The Scarlet Pimpernel and The [[Crimson Rose]] are fictional figures that take the spirit of various genuine historical characters: aristocrats who attempted to subvert the goals of revolutionary [[France]].*<br> | {{Wiki|The Scarlet Pimpernel}} and The [[Crimson Rose]] are fictional figures that take the spirit of various genuine historical characters: aristocrats who attempted to subvert the goals of revolutionary [[France]].*<br> | ||
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> It's just as well they're fictional, because imagine you were real and you had a nickname like that? "Oh thank goodness, 'the Scarlet Pimpernel' is here...". It would be impossible not to think people were being sarcastic.<br> | <nowiki>*</nowiki> It's just as well they're fictional, because imagine you were real and you had a nickname like that? "Oh thank goodness, 'the Scarlet Pimpernel' is here...". It would be impossible not to think people were being sarcastic.<br> | ||
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One of these is William Wickham, born in 1761 in Yorkshire, [[ | One of these is [[William Wickham]], born in 1761 in [[York|Yorkshire]], [[England]]. Wickham, a Lieutenant-General in the army of His Majesty King [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]], organized a spy network based in [[Switzerland]] and France to coordinate with French Royalists and combat the [[Reign of Terror|Great Terror]]. After [[Thermidorian Reaction|Thermidor]], he returned to England and died peacefully in 1840. **<br> | ||
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<nowiki>**</nowiki> Thermidor was a revolt. It's not to be confused with Lobster Thermidor. Just in case you thought that after a lovely thermidor, Wickham returned to England and died peacefully of seafood poisoning.<br> | <nowiki>**</nowiki> Thermidor was a revolt. It's not to be confused with Lobster Thermidor. Just in case you thought that after a lovely thermidor, Wickham returned to England and died peacefully of seafood poisoning.<br> | ||
Latest revision as of 06:50, 20 June 2020
The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Crimson Rose are fictional figures that take the spirit of various genuine historical characters: aristocrats who attempted to subvert the goals of revolutionary France.*
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* It's just as well they're fictional, because imagine you were real and you had a nickname like that? "Oh thank goodness, 'the Scarlet Pimpernel' is here...". It would be impossible not to think people were being sarcastic.
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One of these is William Wickham, born in 1761 in Yorkshire, England. Wickham, a Lieutenant-General in the army of His Majesty King George III, organized a spy network based in Switzerland and France to coordinate with French Royalists and combat the Great Terror. After Thermidor, he returned to England and died peacefully in 1840. **
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** Thermidor was a revolt. It's not to be confused with Lobster Thermidor. Just in case you thought that after a lovely thermidor, Wickham returned to England and died peacefully of seafood poisoning.
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