<DIV>Once he was André-Louis Moreau, a lawyer raised by nobility, unconcerned with the growing discontent among France's lower class—until his best friend is mercilessly struck down by a member of the aristocracy. <p> Now, he is Scaramouche. Speaking out against the unjust French Government, he takes refuge with a nomadic band of acting improvisers where he assumes the role of Scaramouche The Clown—a comic figure with a very serious message... <p> Set during the French Revolution, this novel of swashbuckling romance is also a thought-provoking commentary on class, inequality, and the individual's role in society—a story that has become Rafael Sabatini's enduring legacy. </div>