Books like Shadows at Dawn by Sheila Holland
Paris in the summer of 1793 is a landscape of fear and chaos. During the Reign of Terror, death and suspicion reign in streets and palaces alike. Anna refuses to abandon her uncle, who holds onto the hope of a new liberty. Their lives are abruptly altered when a night time raid leads them to the once‑lavish Luxembourg Palace, now a grim prison where illness and death stalk the halls. As the uncle’s health fails, Anna again encounters Charles Baccoult, a fervent revolutionary whose opposition to their family might become their salvation.
First publish date: 1975
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Sheila Holland
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