A Place of Greater Safety
by:
Hilary Mantel (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B002ZP8KNC
Publish date: November 12th 2009
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 898
Edition language: English
bookshelves: radio-4, autumn-2015, historical-fiction, revolution, france, published-1992, play-dramatisation Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from August 31 to September 23, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b068sjpbDescription: Hilary Mantel's gripping account of the cataclysmic e...
Whew....I made it. As with Mantel's other novels, she throws out all the rules for writing a novel and comes up with an astounding result that is uniquely hers. She unapologetically assumes that her readers will already be familiar with the triple threat of the French Revolution and feels free to ...
Review to come.later!
A Place of Greater Safety is this month´s club read in the More Historical than Fiction book club. And I just want to say thank you for bringing this novel to my attention, because it is brilliant. Admittedly it is not the easiest read. Covering the French Revolution up till the year 1794 and focu...
Really excellent so far.Update: And excellent through to the finish!