Griffith wrote The Angel of the Revolution as a serial for Pearson's Magazine, starting in January and ending in October of 1893. The story is set in the year of 1903, and Griffith was not the least bit shy about using the names of living persons, such as Czar Alexander III, then on the throne of Russia in 1893 when the story was being serialized.. He also mentions Kaiser Wilhelm II who was sitting on the throne of a newly unified Germany. He even referred to the then Prince of Wales, Edward VII, as the King of England, nine years prior to Queen Victoria's death (died 1902). Also, Griffith mentioned a French General named le Gallifet, but he appears to be none other than Gaston Alexandre Auguste, Marquis de Gallifet. Gallifet was indeed a general in the French Army and was infamous for his