The Chevalier de Maison-Rouge (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Alexandre Dumas, pèr, Auguste Maquet
- First Published: 1846
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1793
- Setting: Paris
- Principal Characters: Geneviève Dixmer, Maurice Lindey, Louis Lorin, Monsieur Dixmer, Morand, Marie Antoinette, Simon, Héloïse Tison
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Prisoners, Revolutionaries, France or French people, Love or romance, Escapes, Yards or backyards, Paris, Eighteenth century, Kings, queens, or royalty, Aristocracy or aristocrats, French Revolution
- Locales: Paris, France
The Story:
At the beginning of 1793, after the death of King Louis XVI on the guillotine, France was menaced at its borders by practically all of Europe. Internally, the political leadership was torn apart by dissensions between the Montagnards and the Girondins. One night in March, Maurice Lindey, a lieutenant in the Civic Guard, met a group of enlisted volunteers who were taking a woman to the guardhouse because she had no pass permitting her to be out at that time. The woman implored the officer for his protection against these men, who showed the effects of having drunk...
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