Alexandre Manette, unjustly imprisoned in France for 17 years. ... Dickens, who was fascinated with French history, especially the French Revolution, begins by criticizing the aristocrats' treatment of the poor people of France. ... Dickens also expresses his disillusionment with some of the outcomes of the French Revolution. ... They seem to be saying, that even when we begin with honourable intentions, there will be some of us who will let their base instincts take control. ...

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Introduction Recent history has certainly provided us with many examples of powerful, mutually beneficial alliances: France/England/US in WW I, Germany/Italy/Japan in WW II, just to name a few. These countries conglomerated to not solely for economic or military reasons, but for ideological reasons as well; France/England/US on the virtues of self-determination and democracy, Germany/Italy/Japan on the ideas of fascism and world domination. ... Consider this hypothetical scenario: the PRC and the USSR signed a mutual aggression pact, saying that, if one country is attacked, it is an atta...

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Britain's foreign secretary, Lord Castlereagh called it "a great nonsense" and in the Congress System (1818-1828) Britain and France constantly disagreed with the Holy alliance. Also, during the Crimean War (1854-1856), France sided with Britain against Russian aggression in the Near East. ...

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