It was the time of the French Revolution -- a time of great change and great danger.
Brilliantly plotted, the novel is rich in drama, romance, and heroics that culminate in a daring prison escape in the shadow of the guillotine..
It is a coincidence that saves Darnay from certain doom more than once.
Strangely enough, Darnay bears an uncanny resemblance to another man in the courtroom, the dissolute lawyer\'s clerk Sydney Carton.
As fate would have it though, the pair are summoned to the Old Bailey to testify against a young Frenchman -- Charles Darnay -- falsely accused of treason.
It would seem that they could take up the threads of their lives in peace.
Alexandre Manette is reunited with his daughter, Lucie, and safely transported from France to England.
Unjustly imprisoned for 18 years in the Bastille, Dr.
Against this tumultuous historical backdrop, Dickens\' great story of unsurpassed adventure and courage unfolds.
It was a time when injustice was met by a lust for vengeance, and rarely was a distinction made between the innocent and the guilty.
It was the time of the French Revolution -- a time of great change and great danger
