France. The Great Revolution. The son of a shipowner, Jean Maren, from the arms of an aristocrat, is sent to hard labor. But after escaping, he becomes a deputy of the Convention. Fans of an adventurous novel will find in F. Yereby’s book all the attributes of the beloved genre: fair duels and murders from ambush, a conspiracy of aristocrats and an escape from hard labor, political intrigues and, of course, love…