A Place of Greater Safety
by:
Hilary Mantel (author)
From the double Man Booker prize-winner comes an extraordinary work of historical imagination - this is Hilary Mantel's epic novel of the French Revolution. Georges-Jacques Danton: zealous, energetic and debt-ridden. Maximilien Robespierre: small, diligent and terrified of violence. And Camille...
show more
From the double Man Booker prize-winner comes an extraordinary work of historical imagination - this is Hilary Mantel's epic novel of the French Revolution. Georges-Jacques Danton: zealous, energetic and debt-ridden. Maximilien Robespierre: small, diligent and terrified of violence. And Camille Desmoulins: a genius of rhetoric, charming and handsome, yet also erratic and untrustworthy. As these young men, key figures of the French Revolution, taste the addictive delights of power, the darker side of the period's political ideals is unleashed - and all must face the horror that follows.
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780007250554 (000725055X)
Publish date: March 4th 2010
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Pages no: 872
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 ...
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!
Log in with Facebook 
