The Elusive Pimpernel · Character

Citizen Tinville

The public prosecutor of the Revolutionary Tribunal.

minor

Also known as Foucquier Tinville, Tinville

First appearance: I: Paris: 1793

Citizen Tinville shows up with force in I: Paris: 1793. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Foucquier Tinville calls for an apotheosis of the guillotine, wishing all traitors had one head to cut off.

Citizen Tinville first appears in 0002 i paris 1793.

In I: Paris: 1793: Foucquier Tinville calls for an apotheosis of the guillotine, wishing all traitors had one head to cut off.

Later, in II: A Retrospect: Public Prosecutor who leads the raid on the lodging house in the Rue de l’Ancienne Comédie.

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