In 1793, Eug?nie de Boncoeur arrives at the home of her English uncle and cousin, but the French Revolution has pursued her in the form of Guy Deschamps, who is determined to bring her back to Paris to marry the Pale Assassin.
Informative sidebars and primary sources are presented alongside the engaging main text to help illustrate the danger of allowing social and economic disparity to remain unaddressed by governing bodies.
Relates in comic strip format the tale of a young Englishman who gives up his life during the French Revolution to save the husband of the woman he loves.
Traces and explains how the Bastille came to be a general symbol of freedom and revolutionary struggle, and discusses what the function of this symbol has been throughout social history.
Focuses on the enigmatic figure of Robespierre in an exploration of the breakdown of the noble ideals which inspired a revolution, and illustrates how violence breeds violence.