Description
Join Harry Sandwith, a young Englishman, as he accepts a job as a companion to the sons of a French marquis. Follow Harry and his aristocratic friends as they’re swept from their idyllic life at a country estate to the riotous streets of Paris and the very gates of the Bastille.
Can Harry rescue the marquis’ family from imprisonment and certain death at the hands of the merciless mob?
Author George Alfred Henty specialized in creating novels for young readers that blend authentic historical facts with exciting fictional characters. Famed as “The Prince of Storytellers,” Henty wrote more than 140 books.
Generations of schoolchildren have thrilled to his vivid novels, which continue to fire young imaginations with their spirited tales of adventure amid exciting historical eras.
Reprint of the A. L. Burt Company, New York, 1901 edition.
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