A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.<br/>(from wikipedia.org)