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Political asylum seekers
Political asylum seekers
I wonder how well the asylum seekers escaping he French Revolution were truly greeted in England? Apart from the true blue aristos, I imagine they were treated with the same suspicion bordering on contempt that todays are.
N.J. Slater writer of Napoleonic and Victorian era thrillers
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Hee, all I can think of is the Blackadder episode making fun of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Contempt indeed!
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There's a new NF book out, I heard touted on NPR, about the French refugees to the United States. Sounds interesting:
When the United States Spoke French by Francois Furstenberg
When the United States Spoke French by Francois Furstenberg
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