A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel written by Charles Dickens, set in
London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells
the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in
the Bastille in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter
Lucie, whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that
led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror