His best-seller was A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities, a historical novel by Charles Dickens published in 1859, is set in London and Paris just before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of French physician Manette, who spent 18 years in jail at the Bastille in Paris before being freed and moving to London to live with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met. The story depicts the events that led to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. Reviewer Don D'Ammassa asserts that the heroes are continually in danger of being captured or killed in the Introduction to the Encyclopedia of Adventure Fiction.

A Tale of Two Cities is thought to be one of the all-time best-selling books and is considered to be Dickens' most well-known historical fiction masterpiece. The book came in at number 63 in the 2003 BBC The Big Read survey. The novel has been adapted for the stage, radio, television, and other media, and it has continued to have an impact on culture.

You've probably read this book or, at the very least, heard the title used to compare two events that took place in the same location but had completely different outcomes. Dickens, a master of wit, humor, and lightheartedness, made use of this talent when writing about serious social issues. This book paints a somber and terrible picture of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror in Paris. It describes the problem more plainly than any of Dickens' writings do. He wrote two historical books, one of which was this one.