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Names and records under a strict French regime reveal odd fates
The article recounts a Constantine prisoner with no lawful name found after failed name changes from Lafonde to Brayton, then listed simply as X. It also details exiled French refugees in London during the Revolution who used unlikely resources, like ox tail soup, to survive and influence English cuisine.
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France
Constantine
Algeria
Bordeaux
Lafonde
Brayton
London
Pre Patent Office
Blondeau
Dupin
Cardonel
Gastineau
Leblond
Courant