Scaramouche is an historical novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1921. A romantic adventure, Scaramouche tells the story of a young lawyer during the French Revolution.[1] In the course of his adventures he becomes an actor portraying "Scaramouche" (a roguish buffoon character in the commedia dell'arte). He also becomes a revolutionary, politician, and fencing-master, confounding his enemies with his powerful orations and swordsmanship. He is forced by circumstances to change sides several times. The book also depicts his transformation from cynic to idealist. The three-part novel opens with the memorable line: "He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad." This line was to become Sabatini's epitaph, on his gravestone in Adelboden, Switzerland.

Médias	Livres Paperback Book (Livre avec couverture souple et dos collé)
Validé	13 juin 2018
ISBN13	9781721128730
Éditeurs	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages	360
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 19 mm · 480 g
Langue et grammaire	English

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