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Almanach de Wagga.(the Tichborne Affair)

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| October 01, 2002 | Stove, R.J. | COPYRIGHT 2002 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

ALMOST EVERY conceivable development--or rather, in most cases, regression--of modern historiography should by rights have sent the Tichborne Affair down the collective memory hole. The recollection of it nevertheless widely lingers, like the tune of "Champagne Charlie" or some other Victorian hit that never quite leaves the public consciousness. Why it thus lingers remains uncertain. It represents in concentrated form that most terrifying nightmare of what passes for the progressive mind: "kings-and-battles history", with a hideous absence of economic determinism, slaves, noble savages, or even Oppressed Women (its cast's female lead was about as "oppressed" as Bertie ...

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