The Fall of the Blade
Language: English
Author: Sue Reid
Publisher: Scolastic Children's Books
It's 1972, Isabelle, daughter of an aristocrat, lives in a chateau just outside Paris. But France is in the grip of the Revolution, and as terror takes hold of the city, Isabelle's family decide that they must flee to the countryside. But will they be safe there? Will they escape the guillotine's falling blade...?