Scaramouche

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)

Places: France

Times: French Revolution, 1789-1799