Re: Two Articles about What Brits Know (or Don't)...

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 prd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Paul Dormer) wrote:

> What is interesting is the list of fictional characters they listed as
> people believing as real.  These included King Arthur, Mona Lisa, Dick
> Turpin and Lady Godiva.  It could be argued that the last two are real
> historical characters, even if many of the stories associated with them
> are fiction.  In addition, there apparently was a real person who sat
> for the Mona Lisa picture.  As to King Arthur, there seems to be
> suggestions that such a character may have existed, although his
> exploits have been exaggerated.

I would have said that all four are probably historical figures, in the 
sense of people who existed. The Mona Lisa was surely a picture of 
someone.

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