Book Details
⚡️Book Title : Scaramouche (Scaramouche, #1)
⚡Book Author : Rafael Sabatini
⚡Page : 359 pages
⚡Published June 1st 2001 by Signet (first published 1921)
Scaramouche (Scaramouche, #1) - Last Wednesday he had been engaged in moving an audience of Rennes to anger; on this Wednesday he was to move an audience of Guichen to mirth... Once he was Andr-Louis Moreau, a lawyer raised by nobility, unconcerned with the growing discontent among Frances lower classuntil his friend was mercilessly struck down by a member of the aristocracy. Now he is Scaramouche. Speaking out against the unjust French government, he takes refuge with a nomadic band of actors and assumes the role of the clown Scaramouchea comic figure with a very serious message... Set during the French Revolution, this novel of swashbuckling romance is also a thought-provoking commentary on class, inequality, and the individuals role in societya story that has become Rafael Sabatinis enduring legacy. With an Introduction by Gary Hoppenstand
Scaramouche (Scaramouche, #1)
Last Wednesday he had been engaged in moving an audience of Rennes to anger; on this Wednesday he was to move an audience of Guichen to mirth... Once he was Andr-Louis Moreau, a lawyer raised by nobility, unconcerned with the growing discontent among Frances lower classuntil his friend was mercilessly struck down by a member of the aristocracy. Now he is Scaramouche. Speaking out against the unjust French government, he takes refuge with a nomadic band of actors and assumes the role of the clown Scaramouchea comic figure with a very serious message... Set during the French Revolution, this novel of swashbuckling romance is also a thought-provoking commentary on class, inequality, and the individuals role in societya story that has become Rafael Sabatinis enduring legacy. With an Introduction by Gary Hoppenstand
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