Scaramouche (novel) Scaramouche (novel) Scaramouche is an historical novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1921. A romantic adventure, "Scaramouche" tells the story of a young lawyer during the French Revolution. In the course of his adventures he becomes an actor portraying "Scaramouche" (a roguish buffoon character in the "commedia dell'arte"). He also becomes a revolutionary, politician, and fencing-master, confounding his enemies with his powerful orations and swordsmanship. He is forced by circumstances to change sides several times. The book also depicts his transformation from cynic to idealist. The three-part novel opens with the memorable line: "He was born with a gift
The Man Who Planted Trees for BBC Radio 4 with Bill Paterson narrating. The original book has inspired a 2012 book on the same theme: "The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save the Planet" by Jim Robbins. Robbins work cites Giono's work and goes on to consider the modern-day work of David Milarch, a Michigan nurseryman. Environmentalist and silvologist Gabriel Hemery wrote a sequel in 2016 titled: "The Man Who Harvested Trees and Gifted Life". The short story follows a girl's life-long relationship with a forest and its trees. The Man Who Planted Trees The Man Who