From the echo of the first line 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times' to the final 'It is a far far better thing that I do than I have ever done', Dickens' novel of the French revolution tells a story of the redemptive powers of love in the face of cruelty, violence and neglect. THE ABSENCE OF MR GLASS: A sword with blood on it, a young man bound and gagged, a missing dandy, and Father Brown and Flambeau trying to track down the mysterious Mr Glass…