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What can a laughing young lawyer do when a nobleman kills his friend and the law offers no justice?
In Rafael Sabatini’s Scaramouche, Andre-Louis Moreau trusts his wit more than any blade. Then his gentle friend Philippe de Vilmorin is killed, and laughter gives way to a demand for justice. Facing the powerful Marquis de La Tour d’Azyr, Andre-Louis turns speech into a weapon—and soon must flee the world he knows.
A travelling theatre company offers shelter and the mask of Scaramouche, a cunning rascal who mocks the proud. As France moves into revolution, Andre-Louis passes between the stage, the fencing school and politics. Alongside his pursuit of justice runs a love story shaped by pride and class, with Aline, his godfather’s niece, bound by her family’s plans.
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- A hero with many masks Follow a lawyer, actor and swordsman whose quick tongue opens doors and brings danger.
- Justice against rank Face the question of what remains when the law protects the powerful.
- Shelter behind the curtain Step among Binet’s strolling players, where Andre-Louis finds refuge and a role that fits.
- Love across class lines Feel the pull between affection and family plans as pride complicates Andre-Louis’s love story.
- Sharp blades, sharper wit Enjoy swift swordplay, clever escapes and dry jokes that cut through tense moments.
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- A skeptical lawyer meets a poacher's death
- Aline lets a great nobleman come courting
- A quarrel is staged to silence Philippe
- Justice refuses to listen and an oath is sworn
- A borrowed voice sets two cities alight
- A fugitive vanishes into a troupe of players
- Scaramouche wins the stage and loses his heart
- Sword and Assembly give the orator new power
- Privilege against reason drives the whole story
- Masks, the stage and a wry storyteller
Who’s who
- Andre-Louis MoreauA witty young Breton lawyer of unknown parentage who swears to avenge his friend and discovers he has a gift for speaking, acting and fencing.
- Philippe de VilmorinAndre-Louis's gentle friend, a seminary student and idealist who believes that reform can make a better France.
- Marquis de La Tour d'AzyrA proud, skilled swordsman and great landowner of Brittany who defends privilege and wants to court Aline.
- Aline de KercadiouLord Kercadiou's lively niece, raised in part at Versailles, torn between her ambitions and her loyalty to Andre-Louis.
- Quintin de KercadiouThe kind, stubborn Lord of Gavrillac, Andre-Louis's godfather, who loves comfort and peace and dislikes new ideas.
- BinetThe fat, scheming master of a company of strolling players, who turns Andre-Louis into Scaramouche for his own profit.
- ClimeneBinet's lovely daughter and the troupe's leading actress, who wants fame and wealth above all.
- Le ChapelierA blunt, energetic lawyer from Rennes and leader of the young reformers, who keeps urging Andre-Louis into politics.
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Scaramouche: Ein Roman aus der Französischen Revolution
by Rafael Sabatini · 1921
A Breton lawyer swears vengeance over a murdered friend and becomes orator, actor and swordsman.
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Can a man start a revolution by accident? Andre-Louis Moreau, a young Breton lawyer, believes the human race is mad and that nothing can mend it.
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A skeptical lawyer meets a poacher's death
The story opens in November 1788 in Gavrillac, a village in Brittany. Andre-Louis Moreau is twenty-four, a lawyer, and the godson of the local lord, Quintin de Kercadiou. He has read everything from Thucydides to Rousseau and has settled on one firm belief, that people are mad.
His closest friend is Philippe de Vilmorin, a gentle seminary student who believes the world can be remade. Philippe brings news that a peasant named Mabey has been shot dead for taking a pheasant. The gamekeeper acted on orders from the Marquis de La Tour d'Azyr, the greatest nobleman in the region. Philippe wants justice for the widow.
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Sabatini, Rafael. Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/scaramouche-a-romance-of-the-french-revolution.
Sabatini, R. (2026). Scaramouche: A romance of the French Revolution. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/scaramouche-a-romance-of-the-french-revolution (Original work published 1921)
Sabatini, Rafael. Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/scaramouche-a-romance-of-the-french-revolution.
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What is Scaramouche about?
It follows Andre-Louis Moreau, a young Breton lawyer, who vows vengeance when a nobleman kills his friend. He becomes a revolutionary orator, an actor, a fencing master and a deputy during the French Revolution.
Why is the hero called Scaramouche?
Scaramouche is a stock character of Italian street comedy, a quick-witted trickster. Andre-Louis takes the name while hiding among strolling players, and it suits his habit of stirring up trouble and slipping away.
Is Scaramouche a true story?
No. Andre-Louis and his enemies are invented. Sabatini set them among real events and people of 1789 to 1792, such as the fall of the Bastille, the Assembly, Danton and Le Chapelier.
The author
Rafael Sabatini
1875–1950 · Italian-English historical novelist
Rafael Sabatini (1875–1950) was an Italian-born writer who wrote in English. He was born in Jesi, Italy, and settled in England in 1892. His novels include The Sea-Hawk (1915), Scaramouche (1921), and Captain Blood (1922). He also wrote biographies and short stories. He died in Adelboden, Switzerland.
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