Knight of Maison-Rouge (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

Knight of Maison-Rouge (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) Synopsis

The Knight of Maison Rouge (1845) shows what happens when two people from opposite political camps fall in love during Robespierres reign of terror. Lieutenant Maurice Lindey is an ardent young republican who hates tyranny and injustice whether they come from the left or right. But such even-handedness is a liability at a time when addressing someone as monsieur instead of citizen can bring one to the guillotine. Maurice makes daily visits to his love, Genevive Dixmer, who lives in a quarter known as the hiding place of the Chevalier of Maison Rouge, a daring counterrevolutionary with notorious plots to free Marie Antoinette, who languishes in prison awaiting trial and inevitable execution.