Title: Scaramouche
Subtitle: a romance of the French revolution
Description: Idealism can be transferred from one person to another on a vehicle called revenge.

[from Wikipedia: 
Scaramouche tells the story of a young lawyer during the French Revolution. In the course of his adventures he becomes an actor portraying "Scaramouche" (a roguish buffoon character in the commedia dell'arte). He also becomes a revolutionary, politician, and fencing-master, confounding his enemies with his powerful orations and swordsmanship. He is forced by circumstances to change sides several times. The book also depicts his transformation from cynic to idealist.]
Subjects: France in fiction, Open Library Staff Picks, Fiction, History, France, fiction, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, historical, France, history, revolution, 1789-1799, fiction, Large type books, Fiction, historical, general, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Photoplay editions
Places: France
Time periods: French Revolution, 1789-1799