"Monsieur Beaucaire" by Booth Tarkington is a short novel first published in 1900. Set in 18th-century Bath, it follows a French barber who blackmails the Duke of Winterset into introducing him to high society as a nobleman. Winning the affections of Lady Mary Carlisle, the beautiful "Beauty of Bath," he navigates duels and deception until a violent encounter exposes his true identity. But Beaucaire harbors secrets that could transform everything about his disgrace and redemption. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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