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Walk With Me: Bits of My Life Journey, written by Keith Laidler, is
the story of Keith growing up on a farm in Michigan, going through
college, Seminary and bits of 51 years as a Pastor.
MOROSE, CYNICAL AND GIVEN TO DRINK, SYDNEY CARTON IS ONE OF CHARLES
DICKENS' MOST FAMOUS CHARACTERS; A DISPASSIONATE MAN, YET CAPABLE,
IN THE FINAL MOMENTS OF 'A TALE OF TWO CITIES', OF SACRIFICING
HIMSELF BENEATH THE GUILLOTINE FOR LUCY, THE WOMAN HE BOTH LOVED
AND LOST. IT NOW APPEARS, HOWEVER, THAT DICKENS WAS BEING SOMEWHAT
ECONOMICAL WITH THE ACTUALITE. NEWLY RECOVERED DOCUMENTS, WRITTEN
IN CARTON'S OWN HAND, TELL A FAR DIFFERENT TALE. SYDNEY CARTON
SURVIVED HIS EXECUTION, ONLY TO FIND HIMSELF AT THE MERCY OF THE
MONSTROUS ROBESPIERRE, AUTHOR OF THE PARIS TERROR. HIS LOVE LUCY
LANGUISHES IN A FRENCH PRISON, HER HUSBAND DEAD, AND CARTON CAN
ENSURE HER SURVIVAL ONLY BY BECOMING ROBESPIERRE'S PERSONAL SPY.
RELUCTANT, TERRIFIED AND OFTEN DRUNK, CARTON BLUNDERS HIS WAY
THROUGH THE MAJOR EVENTS OF THE REVOLUTION, GRUDGINGLY PARTAKING IN
SOME OF THE BLACKEST DEEDS OF THE TERROR AND, BY A MIXTURE OF
COWARDICE, BRAVADO AND LUCK, LENDING A HAND IN THE FALL OF MOST OF
ITS LEADING FIGURES. KIDNAPPED BY THE BRITISH, HE FINDS HIMSELF A
DOUBLE AGENT, TRUSTED BY NEITHER SIDE. CARTON CHRONICLES THE SLOW
DECAY OF REVOLUTIONARY IDEALS AND, IN PASSING, CASTS LIGHT ON THE
TRUE PARENTAGE OF THAT SADISTIC VILLAIN OF 'TOM BROWNE'S
SCHOOLDAYS', THE BEASTLY FLASHMAN.
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