On April 23 - chosen because it is the anniversary of Cervantes' death and Shakespeare's birth and death. I have been selected as a giver (along with 20,000 others) and this year I will be giving away 26 copies of:
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil lanes of London, they are all drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror and soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine.
What the WBN panel think:'From the famous opening lines (It was the best of times, it was the worst of times) to the stunningly heroic hand in mouth ending this is a fantastic swashbuckling adventure from a master storyteller. Hang up every preconception you may have about Dickens and enjoy this brilliant book.'
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