The son of a woman who followed the armies and robbed the dead on battlefields, Ferdinand is taken in by a generous nobleman, Count de Melvil, and brought up with his son Renaldo. But the boy dreams only of rising by cunning. He betrays his benefactors, then travels across Europe cheating at cards and seducing women, until he passes himself off as a count in London.
The hero of this novel by Tobias Smollett is a true rogue, and we watch for each new trick with pleasure mixed with dread.
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