The tale of two cities
b'A Tale of Two Cities\\xa0is an 1859\\xa0historical novel\\xa0by\\xa0Charles Dickens, set in\\xa0London\\xa0and\\xa0Paris\\xa0before and during the\\xa0French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the\\xa0Bastille\\xa0in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the\\xa0Reign of Terror.'