The Reluctant Paris Rebel takes place a few years after the French Revolution of 1830 and the barricades of 1832, described in 'Les Miserables' by Victor Hugo. A guild crafstman, Mathurin Guegan, dreams of a better life as he toils on a Paris cathedral and on the new chateau of Alexandre Dumas, author of 'The Three Musketeers.' He soon finds love with Marie-Rose, the cook to Marie Duplessis, the lady of the night and socialite of 'La Traviata' fame. Drama ensues and the new couple finds the course of their lives changed forever with the onset of the 'other, ' often forgotten, 1848 Revolution.