The tale of two cities

THE “two cities” are London and Paris before and during the French Revolution and its bloody aftermath. This was the age of hungry peasants revolting, Europe aghast at the execution of the French royal family, and, finally, the revolution turning on itself. In the end, a seamstress who had done nothing more than sew for nobles is to be executed along with one of the nobles, who actually was a friend to the down trodden.