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Evrémonde. . . a sequel to "A Tale of Two
Cities"
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In
Charles Dickens’s “A Tale of Two Cities,” the former Marquis St. Evrémonde,
Charles Darnay, is saved from execution by his English friend Sydney Carton.
Mr. Carton arranges an escape for the condemned man and dies in his place.
Having long been in love with Charles’s wife, Carton sacrifices himself for her
happiness, and the family is able to return to their home in London as
fugitives of France. The year is 1793.
Always
drawn to the continent, however, Charles moves his family to Austria, where the
specter of his identity and the shadow it casts over his family’s life rises
again. Under the leadership of the Emperor Napoleon, France conquers and
occupies most of Europe, including Austria, and once more Charles is forced to
fight its hand in determining his fate, and worse, the fate of his young
children.
a sequel to “A Tale of
Two Cities,”
by Charles Dickens
by Diana Mayer
Evrémonde
Now in Print. . .
