The French Revolution is vividly brought to life in a brilliant
retelling of the classic story that has captured the imagination of
readers since the 1850s.
In Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities," Sydney Carton is an
almost ancillary character. Dickens' novel tells us the stories of
Charles Darnay, Lucie Manette, and Alexandre Manette. Carton
disappears from the novel for eleven chapters and several years,
reappearing without warning to bring the novel to its chilling and
heartbreaking end. Yet Dickens is silent about the circumstances
that transformed Carton from a promising youth to an embittered
alcoholic and finally to the man who makes the ultimate sacrifice
for love. "A Far Better Rest" imagines his missing personal history
and makes him the center of this tragic tale.
Born in England of a wealthy, unloving father and a French
mother, Sydney is sent to study in Paris, where he meets Charles
Darnay and the other students--Robespierre and Camille Desmoulins
among them--who will have enormous influence on his life and alter
the course of French history. Years later, when Sydney,
disinherited, is living a lonely and purposeless existence in
London, Charles reenters his life. The beauty and kindness of
Charles's wife, Lucie Manette, affects Sydney so deeply that he
secretly devotes his life to her happiness.
At last abandoning London for Paris, Sydney becomes a witness to
the formation of the French Republic at the end of the eighteenth
century and also to one of the most turbulent periods in history.
"A Far Better Rest" is a novel of passion, identity, and history
that stands fully in its own right.
General
| Imprint: |
Bella Rosa Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
October 2010 |
| First published: |
October 2010 |
| Authors: |
Susanne Alleyn
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
276 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-933523-92-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
|
| LSN: |
1-933523-92-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781933523927 |
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