Scaramouche
Subtitle: A Romance of the French Revolution
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: April 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781419106101
Subjects: Historical fiction; Historical - General; Fiction / Historical; Fiction; Fiction - Historical
First sentence: HE was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.
Description: In this silent film André Louis Moreau, a French law student, masquerades as a clown and vows to fight against the aristocracy when his friend Philippe is killed in a duel with the Marquis de la Tour. André deserts his guardians and his sweetheart Aline and joins a group of strolling musicians, finding himself in Paris at the outbreak of the Revolution. Caught in a mob determined to destroy the ruling class, André discovers that his father is the much-despised Marquis de la Tour and his mother is a countess. André pleads with the crowds to let his mother's carriage pass out of the city, while his father dies a nobleman's death in the crowds.