Taking the Bastile

Synopsis

Taking the Bastile; Or, Pitou the Peasant is a novel of the fall of Louis XVI and his royal family written by Alexandre Dumas. Pitou lost his mother when he was small. He was raised by a stern aunt who did not really love him. He starts knowing the world by going to service.

How can this man, Pitou the Peasant (as the subtitle of the novel suggests) go on to influence the whole state? How can he go on and take a part in the French revolution? Can his motivation, coming from what he did not have, be enough? This is a less known work by the author of "The Count Of Monte Christo", "The Three Musketeers", "The Man With The Iron Mask", and "Twenty Years After".

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