Petticoat Government was written by the author of "The Scarlet Pimpernel," which was set during the Reign of Terror following the start of  what?
Petticoat Government Petticoat Government was written by Baroness Orczy, author of "The Scarlet Pimpernel", in 1910. It was released under the title "Petticoat Rule" in the U.S. in the same year.
The Torture Garden The Torture Garden (French: "Le Jardin des supplices" ) is a novel written by the French journalist, novelist and playwright Octave Mirbeau, and was first published in 1899 during the Dreyfus affair. The novel is ironically dedicated: "To the priests, the soldiers, the judges, to those people who educate, instruct and govern men, I dedicate these pages of Murder and Blood."