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3A [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio Four]] series based on discovered letters about two horses--one French and one English--who are in love, Marengo and Copenhagen. This is a bit of a problem as they are warhorses on opposing sides in the Napoleonic wars.
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5Stars Creator/StephenFry as Marengo and Creator/DanielRigby as Copenhagen.
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7!!Contains examples of:
8* AsYouKnow: Used extensively and knowingly.
9** “... you have to remember that all horses get arbitrarily given the same birthday, which is January the 1st. Oh wait, you don't have to remember, because you are also a horse.”
10* CampGay: "Oh my horsey God!"
11* EpistolaryNovel: Epistolary Radio Series.
12* GirlfriendInCanada: Marcie's girlfriend, now supposedly dead.
13* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Well, Napoleon and Wellington really did have horses called Marengo and Copenhagen.
14* MayDecemberRomance: At the start of the series, Copenhagen "is only two but [Marengo is] at least twelve, but that also doesn't matter for horses, AsYouKnow".
15* StalkerWithACrush: Marcie to Marengo. Copenhagen sees it; Marengo doesn't.
16%%* WarIsHell

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