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In 1792, when her carriage is attacked, Célénie sees her mother die in front
of her. The latter, drawing her last breath, asks the daughter’s tutor to do
everything in his power to protect her daughter. Both of them flee in the night,
but not without noticing that the leader of the brigands who attacked them
has a scar on his left temple. Arriving at her uncle’s, the Marquis de Valloire,
she thinks she is saved. But as soon as she arrives, he murders the tutor
and Célénie goes on the run again, pursued by a henchman of the marquis,
Cravenne, whom she recognizes by the scar on his temple. Her uncle is
behind the coach attack.
Célénie flees to Nantes, sneaks into the market crowd, and comes across
two kids, Toine and Titor. The two young thieves, intrigued by this aristocrat
whose dress is filthy and torn, decide to help her, hoping perhaps for a nice
reward. But the enemies are numerous, and the marquis has a lot of friends
and influence.
Célénie and her friends will do all that they can to defend their right for freedom
in a country gripped by the greatest political and societal upheaval in
history. Throughout their adventures, the series will outline the drama of the
Revolution and the war in Vendée, this pivotal period that heralded the modern
world.
