Stephenson:Neal:Quicksilver:704:King's Own Black Torrent Guards (Neal Stephenson)

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This regiment is fictitious, however it is true that several of the oldest British regiments, such as the Coldstream Guards, were founded during this era. I have tried to make the story of the King's Own Black Torrent Guards plausible by patterning it after such real-world regiments.