A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...” When Doctor Alexandre Manette is released after eighteen years of imprisonment in the Bastille, his devoted daughter Lucie hopes to restore peace to their shattered family. But as political violence spreads across Paris and the guillotine casts its shadow over the nation, those closest to her are drawn into a deadly struggle between justice and vengeance. At the centre of the storm stand Charles Darnay, a French aristocrat trying to escape his family’s legacy, and the brilliant but self-destructive English Lawyer Sydney Carton, who is haunted by regret. Set against the chaos of the French Revolution, their lives become bound together in ways none of them could foresee. Masterfully written and rich in atmosphere and emotion, "A Tale of Two Cities" is a timeless novel. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English author, social critic, and philanthropist. Much of his writing first appeared in small instalments in magazines and was widely popular. Among his most famous novels are Oliver Twist (1839), David Copperfield (1850), and Great Expectations (1861).