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A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens, Richard Maxwell, Richard Maxwell

From Shelf: Simon Sebag Montefiore's favourite historical novels.

After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There, two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette.

'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...'Vividly interweaving epic historical drama with personal tragedy, Dickens's gripping novel depicts the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, as they become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette, the daughter of a political prisoner. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror, and they soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine.Edited with an Introduction and notes by Richard Maxwell

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
544
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN:
9780141439600
Published Date:
30/1/2003
Dimensions:
198mm x 129mm x 23mm
Weight:
372g
Category:
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

RRP: £7.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9780141439600


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