About This Book:
Charles Darnay is the nephew of the Marquis St. Evremonde in pre-Revolutionary France, but disagrees with the French Feudal system and emigrates to England, where he is falsely accused of being a spy. He is found innocent through the skill of sydney Carton, an alcoholic English barrister. Darney is supported by the Channel, and her father, doctor Manette, a victim of the aristocracy unjustly imprisoned for many years in the Bastille. Carton falls in love with Lucy, but she loves Darnay and subsequently marries him. Carton's love remains unrequited, but it propels him to sobriety. After Darnay is tricked into returning to France during the Reign of Terror and subsequently sentenced to death by a revolutionary tribunal, Sydney Carton travels to Paris to save Darnay from the guillotine.