'Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!' Described by Dickens as 'the best story I have written', "A Tale of Two Cities" interweaves thrilling historical drama with heartbreaking personal tragedy. It vividly depicts a revolutionary Paris running red with blood, and a London where the poor starve. In the midst of the chaos two men an exiled French aristocrat and a dissolute English lawyer are both redeemed and condemned by their love for the s ...