num_pages: 359
description: “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 André-Louis Moreau, a lawyer raised by nobility, unconcerned with the growing discontent among France’s lower class—until 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 Scaramouche—a 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 individual’s role in society—a story that has become Rafael Sabatini’s enduring legacy.With an Introduction by Gary Hoppenstand
language: English
title: Scaramouche
titlecomplete: Scaramouche (Scaramouche, #1)
characters: André-Louis Moreau
genres: Fiction, Historical, France, Adventure, Swashbuckling, Romance, French Revolution, Classics, Literature, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 8590
places: France
series: Scaramouche
publisher: Signet