Scaramouche
by Rafael Sabatini
When the aristocratic Lord La Tour d'Azir kills André-Louis' best friend – a young man who was politically active during the French Revolution – André-Louis vows to take up his friend's cause and avenge his death. He takes refuge as an actor in a traveling band that performs under the name Scaramush. His adventures beat like a pulse, his heroism is the stuff of legend - but what we remember is his fate. Scaramousch's fate is the fate of the nation, the crusade of the period: this is the story of the events that made France a modern nation. The fate of Scaramusch is one that we all still share.
