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A place of greater safety / Hilary Mantel

By:

Mantel, Hilary, , 1952-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Picador , 1992.Edition: 1st American edDescription: xvi, 749 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780312426392

Subject(s):

France -- --History -- --Revolution, 1789-1799 -- --Fiction

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

FIC MAN

LOC classification:

PR6063.A438 P5 1993

Summary: The turmoil of the French Revolution provides the setting for Mantel's American debut, an encompassing historical novel. The principal protagonists--Robespierre, Desmoulins, and Danton--are portrayed in depth as real people, from their troubled childhoods through their downfalls. Interspersed with their stories are the lesser dramas being enacted in this turbulent era, including the loves, rivalries, successes, and despair of the many participants. The author does a commendable job of presenting the metamorphosis of the revolution from its tenuous, fledgling state to the bloodbath of the Reign of Terror, which ultimately turned on its own.

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The turmoil of the French Revolution provides the setting for Mantel's American debut, an encompassing historical novel. The principal protagonists--Robespierre, Desmoulins, and Danton--are portrayed in depth as real people, from their troubled childhoods through their downfalls. Interspersed with their stories are the lesser dramas being enacted in this turbulent era, including the loves, rivalries, successes, and despair of the many participants. The author does a commendable job of presenting the metamorphosis of the revolution from its tenuous, fledgling state to the bloodbath of the Reign of Terror, which ultimately turned on its own.

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