City of Darkness, City of Light
by:
Marge Piercy (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B009BLOHE4
Publish date: April 28th 2010
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 496
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
War,
Feminism,
France,
European History,
18th Century,
French Revolution
Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley Perhaps the most common thing every nation in the world shares is its ability to leave people behind when progressive change occurs. Abigail Adams reminded her husband to not forget women when America was being founded, and of course, he did. Women h...
I did enjoy the book, but I think the first part (1789-1791) was stronger. The POVs varied in quality, I found Pauline, Danton, Claire and Robespierre's stronger than Manon and Condorcet's. There were some characterisation choices I don't agree with: I think Danton lacked some strenght and I am not ...
Well written and very well researched novel about the French Revolution which refreshingly included a couple of characters who are not amoung the usual suspects when reading about the revolution. Besides the well known Danton and Robespeirre and the slightly lesser known Manon Roland and Nicolas Co...
My friend Jemidar and I decided to read this book together because after finishing Hilary Mantel's wonderful A Place of Greater Safety, we missed its chief protagonists, that is, Camille Desmoulins, Georges-Jacques Danton and Maximilien Robespierre, and we wanted to further immerse ourselves in the...
Really good historical fiction. Makes the French Revolution come to life.
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