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Charles Edward Stuart

The exiled Stuart pretender to the British throne, met at the supper of six strangers.

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Also known as King Charles Edward, Charles I

First appearance: xxvi of a supper which candide and martin took with six strangers and who they were

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Listed among the six deposed monarchs mentioned in the endnotes.
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See Charles Edward Stuart in xxvi of a supper which candide and martin took with six strangers and who they were