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The Trampling of the Lilies

by Rafael Sabatini

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In the spring of 1789 at the château of Bellecour, the young secretary La Boulaye is humiliated by the lords he serves and dreams of Rousseau’s new world. When the Revolution comes and the sheep turn wolves, he rises to power as a citizen commissioner, and must choose between his new comrades and the aristocratic woman he loves.

Early Sabatini swashbuckling, with the Terror as backdrop, from the author of Scaramouche. Download the free EPUB.

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