num_pages: 368
description: A soldier and a young woman on opposite sides of the revolution must run for their lives across a war-torn France in this gripping novel of friendship love and survival.France 1794Maxence tienne a soldier for the Rpublique believes fiercely in the revolution that is bringing liberty to France. But even though the monarchy has fallen and Maxence is part of a great cause he is still searching for a place to belong.Armelle Bernard is a young woman from Breton whose father was sentenced to death for hiding counterrevolutionaries. She decides to confront the priest who betrayed her father and as the conflict escalates she herself is ordered to be executedan order to be carried out by Maxence.Maxence has seen his share of violence and bloodshed but he also carries a tragic secret and cant bring himself to carry out his assignment. In allowing Armelle to escape he is forced to combat a fellow soldier who dies in the struggle.Though Armelle and Maxence are strangers and on opposite sides of the revolution they find themselves united as fugitives of the new republic. Now they must find a way to trust each other as they search for a path to peace and to freedom.
language: None
title: Along a Breton Shore
publisher: Shadow Mountain