Loosely structured on the greatest identity crisis ever, The French Revolution is the hilarious, tragic, and deeply imaginative story of a San Francisco family forging its place in history. Esmerelda Van Twinkle, a failed pastry chef turned outsized copy shop manager, stumbles into motherhood after
Scaramouche: a romance of the French Revolution
✍ Scribed by Rafael Sabatini
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 238 KB
- Edition
- [New edition] /
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1324000341
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✦ Synopsis
A masterpiece of historical fiction--and a ferociously gripping adventure tale.
Set during the French Revolution, the tale of the man "who was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad." This classic novel of swashbuckling adventure and sweeping romance is also a thought-provoking commentary on class, inequality, and the individual's role in society--a story that has become Rafael Sabatini's enduring legacy.
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