Love And Liberty — Alexandre Dumas

A historical romance, set in France at the time of the revolution, in which the romance vanished beneath the historical narrative. Dumas first researched and imagined this work in the 1850's, but may not have actually begun writing it until 1862. The last third of the book is a narrative of the history of the revolution, encompassing the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, through to the death of Robespierre in 1793, concluding "France fell into the hands of Napoleon."