Six years after the French Revolution, an intrigue unfolded in Paris, affecting the highest government officials (the so-called Directors), bandits of the cruel gang of the Grinder, royalist conspirators from the Vendée and beautiful women. The treasures of Madame DuBarry, executed by guillotine, haunted them... The book is the second volume of the historical novel “The Grinder,” subtitled “A Romantic Episode Relating to Internal Troubles in France (the struggle of the Chouans and Vendeans with the Republicans) from 1793 to 1799,” published in 1873 and first published in Russian in the same year. The dynamic style, intricate plot, and swift action will not leave even modern readers indifferent.