''The Way to the Lantern'' is a 1961

historical novel Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other ty ...

by the British writer

Audrey Erskine Lindop Audrey Erskine Lindop (26 December 1920, London – 7 November 1986, Isle of Wight) was an English writer of various forms of fiction, including crime, mainstream and historical. She was active from 1948 to 1970. She was married to the writer ...

.Vinson p.253 An English

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and confidence trickster rises to prominence during the era of the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...

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Bibliography

* Vinson, James. ''Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers''. Macmillan, 1982. 1961 British novels Novels by Audrey Erskine Lindop British historical novels Novels set in France Novels set in the 18th century William Collins, Sons books {{1960s-hist-novel-stub