In the center of the action of the historical and adventure dilogy of Rafael Sabatini - full of bright events, sharp turns, risky ups and downs the life of André-Louis Moreau, a contemporary and active participant in the French Revolution In the first novel (1921) Moro , Young French Lawyer , by the will of chance nailed to a traveling theater troupe and becomes an actor, the Mask of the boastful warrior Skaramush , and then , in the years of public upheaval, The Revolutionary , Politician and Record Duelist , who is desperately opposed to the powerful of this world. Meeting a longtime enemy (and rival in love) the Marquis de Latour d'Azire reveals André Louis' stunning truth about his own origins In "The Return of Scaramouche" (1931), the intertwining of other people's political intrigues and personal motives leads Moro to the camp of opponents of the revolution, which has already begun to devour its own children. Having defected to the side of the monarchists, the hero Sabatini turns out to be the master of the fate of French history: a participant in a conspiracy designed to save Maria Antoinette, the initiator of the scam with the shares of the East India Company and, finally, the main culprit for the failure of the restoration of the Bourbons almost on the eve of their victory...