Jean Paul Marin was the hot blooded son of a wealthy Sicilian shipowner. He seethed with Republican principals in a land ruled by a decadent nobility. Finding his mistress in bed with the Comte de Gravereau crystallized his hatred and revolt when he was only twenty. Lawyer, lover, newspaperman, brilliant speaker, member of the States-General- Jean's story is as flamboyant as the upheaval which nourished and consumed his talents - the French Revolution.