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008			120724s1993 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a92017364
020			_a9780312426392
050	0	0	_aPR6063.A438 _bP5 1993
082	0	0	_aFIC MAN
100	1		_aMantel, Hilary _d, 1952-
245	1	2	_aA place of greater safety _c/ Hilary Mantel
250			_a1st American ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Picador _c, 1992.
300			_axvi, 749 p. _c; 21 cm.
520			_aThe 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.
651		0	_aFrance _x--History _y--Revolution, 1789-1799 _v--Fiction
655		7	_aHistorical fiction
655		7	_aWar stories
942			_cMO
999			_c269779 _d269779