A Tale of Two Cities Book

In lieu of reading the actual Charles Dickens version of "A Tale of Two Cities" a friend lent this to me as a quick read to acquaint myself with the story. Eventually I plan to read the acclaimed original version, but for now this works. It's not the best way to tell a story, as it was a bit dry in its execution, and even as a "dumbed down" version I had trouble keeping track of the characters, especially since some were going by pseudonyms or were named after each other (what with the spies and children and whatnot). Complicated. Luckily, there was a list at the beginning of the book to help me out by telling me the who's who. As for the story itself, all I can say is that I'm glad I didn't live in France during the Reign of Terror. Yikes.