Rafaello Busoni

Myths and Legends of the Greeks is a fascinating collection of those classic tales, which contribute to the understanding of the literature of today. Simple, clear-cut language enhances these beloved favorites. Richly illustrated throughout by Rafaello Busoni.

After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the aging Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained...