An extraordinary and brilliant work of historical imagination -- this is Mantel's epic novel of the French Revolution. A spellbinding novel which recounts the events between the fall of the Ancient Regime and the peak of the Terror, as seen through the eyes of the French Revolution's three protagonists -- Georges-Jacques Danton, Maximilien Robespierre and Camille Desmoulins, m...
An extraordinary and brilliant work of historical imagination -- this is Mantel's epic novel of the French Revolution. A spellbinding novel which recounts the events between the fall of the Ancient Regime and the peak of the Terror, as seen through the eyes of the French Revolution's three protagonists -- Georges-Jacques Danton, Maximilien Robespierre and Camille Desmoulins, men whose mix of ambition, idealism, and ego helped unleash the darker side of the Revolution's ideals and brought them eventually to their own tragic ends. Critically acclaimed upon first publication, 'A Place of Greater Safety' is one of Mantel's most celebrated works of fiction.
“She sighed. “Servants grow familiar. I wish, I do wish that I had talked to you before.”
“I think you were afraid to admit that we had a common predicament.”
“Oh, that you are in love with my husband—I’ve known that for years. Don’t look so stunned—be truthful now, if you had to describe your own feelings towards him, what else could you say? But I don’t think I’m in love, not anymore. Today has been the day I met someone I’ve been waiting to meet for a very long time. I’ve been thinking—I’m not such a feeble creature that I needed to marry that kind of man. But what does it matter now?”
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Having read a review of Hilary Mantel' most recent book, The Assasination of Margaret Thatcher, which praised both her work and ability to undergo such thorough research for each novel, I decided to give one of Mantel's books a try. Even so, buying A Plac...
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The French Revolution, that swirl of events, passions and tragedies, struck even its participants as highly improbable: no one could have guessed that Louis XVI, highly popular as late as the summer of 1790, would, two and a half years later, lose his life ...
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