One character in this novel claims that he holds an "ace" in his hand because he has evidence that the coffin of the spy Roger Cly is empty. Earlier in this work, Gaspard avenges himself on a man whose carriage had run over his son, and that man's family is denounced by a letter found in another character's former prison cell. At the end of this novel, Miss Pross and Jerry Cruncher help Lucy escape from the murderous Madame Defarge, while her husband Charles Darnay is rescued by an alcoholic lawyer who sacrifices himself to the guillotine. For 10 points, name this Dickens novel about Sydney Carton and the French Revolution, which begins, "It 
One character in this novel claims that he holds an "ace" in his hand because he has evidence that the coffin of the spy Roger Cly is empty. Earlier in this work, Gaspard avenges himself on a man whose carriage had run over his son, and that man's family is denounced by a letter found in another character's former prison cell. At the end of this novel, Miss Pross and Jerry Cruncher help Lucy escape from the murderous Madame Defarge, while her husband Charles Darnay is rescued by an alcoholic lawyer who sacrifices himself to the guillotine. For 10 points, name this Dickens novel about Sydney Carton and the French Revolution, which begins, "It was the best of times."
One character in this novel claims that he holds an "ace" in his hand because he has evidence that the coffin of the spy Roger Cly is empty.
A Tale of Two Cities