Charles Dickens · 1800
A historical novel set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.
Tom Holland recommends it because it is an amazing, bestselling novel in English.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“And so it's his principal source for Tale of Two Cities, which is, I mean, amazing, the bestselling novel in English.”
Why: It is an amazing, bestselling novel in English.
Tom Holland, Host on The Rest Is HistoryThe Terror: The Reign of Robespierre (Part 2)
Named without an opinion attached.
“So Dickens in A Tale of two cities or Hilary Mantel in a place of greater safety.”
Dominic Sandbrook, Host on The Rest Is HistoryThe Terror: How The French Revolution Collapsed Into Chaos (Part 1)
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