Harry Sandwith, a Westminister boy, becomes a resident at the chateau of a French marquis, and after various adventures accompanies the family to Paris at the crisis of the Revolution.

"Thomas Hunter, supreme commander of the Forest Guard, has seen a great evil decimate much of his beautiful world. With a dwindling army and an epic threat, Thomas is forced to supplement his army with new -- young -- recruits. From thousands, four will be chosen to lead a special mission. But these four have been assigned a higher task that even Thomas doesn't know about. They must find the seven lost Books of History before the Dark One does. These...

Having refused to violate her religious principles, even at her father's command, nine-year-old Elsie and her father both suffer terribly during his recuperation from a serious illness, especially since his stepmother encourages the rift between them.