Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution

Scaramouche is one of the most famous historical adventures stories to emerge from the early twentieth century. The book was published in 1921 followed in 1922 by Captain Blood. These two novels were the most famous works of fiction by Rafael Sabatini (of mixed Italian and English parents). The author was a prolific author of novels, screenplays and plays. His father was a Italian opera singer. This book was filmed in 1952 and starred Stewart Granger. The plot is set in the time of the French Revolution. A. Moreau is a young attorney whose best friend is killed in a duel with a rich, feckless, cruel and amorous aristocrat,. The conflict between the two enemies makes this a revenge novel. Moreau escapes from his small village where he has been accused against sedition. He takes up with a troupe of traveling players becoming the character of Scaramouche ( a clown). He also serves as a delegate to the National Assembly of France and runs a dueling academy. He is love with two lovely women; one is an aristocrat and the other is an actress also being courted by Scaramouche's arch enemy. The book is filled with escapes, irony, adventures and oratory calling on the French people to support the new French Republic and cast off the yoke of the monarchy in the form of Louis XVI. This novel is the most famous ever written by Sabatini and has become a classic. I have read and reread the novel several times and enjoy it. A good read!

It’s an enjoyable adventure that’s great to get your mind off of stressful current affairs. Well that worked up until The French Revolution part. After that, it was just enjoyable while making you think about revolutionary politics and the nature of stratified social conventions.

AND IT HAS BEEN A SUBJECT OF CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS.

There are abbreviations and its slightly distracting probably not the best print of this book

Publisher is incompetent. Notwothstading the cover, the book is not Scaramouche. Instead, it is the Sea Hawk and Mistress Wilding. It's only 99 cents, but you would think a seller would have enough pride in its product to at least know what it is selling.

Nothing more to say really, have fun it just flows with the action the wit and the comic of situations that Andre-Louis is flung into.

II ordered the kindle version of this book after receiving the paper back copy in the mail. Unfortunately, only the second book (The Sea Hawk) appears in my kindle app and I am at a loss as to how to access the online Sacarmouche book.

I have a friend who named his boat Scaramouche. It was a great book, like a chess adventure with swords. Recommended in high school in NH.