"From the courtrooms to the battlefields to the alleyways of Paris, with cameos from infamous figures in French history like Robespierre and Napoleon, the Patakis craft a sweeping, action-packed novel of the French Revolution as it has never been seen before. Three years after the storming of the Bastille, Paris is emboldened with the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity. The monarchy of King Louis and Marie Antoinette has been dismantled and...

From one of the truly preeminent historians of our time, this is a landmark book chronicling the French Revolution. Simon Schama deftly refutes the contemporary notion that the French Revolution represented an uprising of the oppressed poor against a decadent aristocracy and corrupt court. He argues instead that the revolution was born of a rift among the elite over the speed of progress toward modernity and science, social and economic change. Schama's...

In 1794 England, the beautiful Sovay, disguised as a highwayman, acquires papers that could lead to her father's arrest for treason, and soon her political consciousness leads her and a compatriot to France during the Revolution.

Continues the story of Belle and Adam, once known as the Beast, who, soon after their marriage, must take on heavy responsibilities as rulers of Aveyon during the French Revolution.

Asked to become a spy while living a public life as a ballerina, Cat accepts the challenge and leaves the Theater Royal behind; suddenly finding herself in the heart of revolutionary Paris where she must work to save her friends who have been declare

A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor--these form a series of events that change the orphan Pip's life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman.

As the French Revolution begins its descent into the Terror, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his secret band carry out daring rescues of French nobles and their families, depositing them safely in England. Marguerite Blakeney, French wife of the English fop Sir Percy, is pressured by the French agent M. Chauvelin to assist in the unmasking and capture of the Pimpernel or else see her beloved brother put to death as an enemy of the Republic.