Darnay is released, only to be re-arrested through the vengeful zeal of Madame Defarge. Lucie Manette has brought her father, a prisoner in the Bastille, back to London.

Sidney Carton, alcoholic London lawyer and his french nobleman client Charles Darnay both love Lucie Manette. In Paris the French Revolution and his resemblance to Darnay, create a major decision ...