A Tale of Two Cities

This book includes an introduction and notes by Peter Merchant, Senior Lecturer in English, Canterbury Christ Church University College and illustrations by Hablot K Browne (Phiz). This novel traces the private lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the Terror. Dicken's based his historical detail on Carlyle's "The French Revolution", and his own observations and investigations during his numerous visits to Paris.