GARDNER, Sally. The red necklace. Penguin, Dial. 378p. c2007. 978-0-8037-3100-4. $16.99. JSA

First published in England, this is an old-fashioned historical novel, set during the French Revolution. The main character is Yann Margoza, a Gypsy who has spent his childhood as part of a magic show touring Europe, with a Gypsy dwarf, Tetu, as his guardian. There is a villain, someone calling himself Count Kalliovski, who is obsessed with power and wealth; he stalks Yann and Tetu for reasons of his own. Then there is a young woman, Sido, the daughter of a loathsome father, whose aristocratic position makes him a ready target of the revolutionaries ... perhaps Yann can rescue Sido ...

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