A Tale of Two Cities (1958 film) A Tale of Two Cities (1958 film) A Tale of Two Cities is a 1958 British film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Dirk Bogarde and Dorothy Tutin. It is a period drama based on parts of Charles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities" (1859). Sydney Carton, a drunken English lawyer, discovers that Charles Darnay, a man he once defended, is a French aristocrat trying to escape the French Revolution. While he envies the man over the love of a woman, Lucie Manette, his conscience is pricked and he resolves to help him escape the guillotine. Ralph Thomas insisted
The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses "The Black Arrow" and "The Master of Ballantrae". Stevenson's heirs sold Stevenson's papers during World War I; many Stevenson documents were auctioned off in 1918. The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses is an 1888 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is both an historical adventure novel and a romance novel. It first appeared as a serial in 1883 with the subtitle "A Tale of Tunstall Forest" beginning in "Young Folks; A Boys' and Girls' Paper of Instructive and Entertaining Literature," vol. XXII, no. 656 (Saturday, 30 June 1883)