The Devil's Laughter is a 1953 historical adventure novel by the American writer Frank Yerby.

[2] It is set in Europe of the late eighteenth century in contrast to Yerby's more usual setting of nineteenth century America.

Jean Paul Marin, the son of a wealthy merchant father is committed to combating the injustices of French aristocracy and monarchy and becomes a leader of the developing French Revolution.

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