A Tales of Two Cities

<p><strong><em>It was the best of times it was the worst of times it was the age of wisdom it was the age of foolishness...</em></strong></p><p>In 1775 Doctor Manette is reunited with his daughter Lucie after having been locked away in the Bastille for 18 years. Lucie nurtures her half-mad father back to health but their troubles are far from over as their lives become entangled with Charles Darnay the emigrant son of the Marquis St. Evrémonde; the ne'er-do-well Sydney Carton and the vengeful Monsieur and Madame Defarge. Set against the terror and turmoil of the French Revolution <strong><em>A Tale of Two Cities</em></strong> is one of Charles Dickens's most enduring works-a historical adventure of high drama and profound depth.</p><p>This <strong>Top Five Classics</strong> edition of Charles Dickens's immortal <strong><em>A Tale of Two Cities</em></strong> includes the original unabridged text more than 40 illustrations from the 1859 first edition by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne) and from the 1872 edition by Frederick Barnard. In addition it features a foreword by Dickens scholar and novelist Andrei Baltakmens (author of <em>The Raven's Seal</em> and <em>A Hangman for Ghosts</em>).</p>