The Trampling of the Lilies - Rafael Sabatini - Bog

La Boulaye was a man with no grievance against aristocracy until his employer, the Marquis de Fresnoy de Bellecour, ruthlessly dismissed him. Faced with an uncertain destiny, La Boulaye devoted himself to the cause of the Revolution. Four years later, he comes face to face with the Marquis once more yet now it is Marquis who must beg for mercy."