The Republic of Virtue

Revolutionary France 1793. When Calvin Tarkington a young Boston merchant-trader arrives in Paris on July 4th he finds a city in turmoil riven by quarrels between revolutionary factions and threatened by advancing Coalition armies. Calvins brother Alexander the family firms representative in France has disappeared suspected by a powerful Jacobin official of spying for the British. As Calvin seeks to clear his brothers name his quest for the truth takes him from elegant townhouses to squalid gambling dens to the secret chambers of the Masonic Lodge of the Seven Sisters. Drawn into a shadowy world of intrigue and betrayal Calvin becomes the hunted as France lurches toward the Reign of Terror. Rich in historical detail and suspense The Republic of Virtue tells a compelling story of love courage and loyalty set in a dangerous place at a dangerous time-the darkest days of the French Revolution.