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A Place Of Greater Safety

A Place Of Greater Safety

Hilary Mantel

This novel recounts the events between the fall of the ancient regime and the peak of the terror, as seen through the eyes of the French Revolution's three protagonists - Georges-Jacques Danton, Maximilien Robespierre and Camille Desmoulins, men whose mix of ambition and ego helped unleash the darker side of the Revolution's ideals. ...

Publisher:
Harper
Year of publication:
2007
ISBN:
978-0-00-725055-4
Pages:
872
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This novel recounts the events between the fall of the ancient regime and the peak of the terror, as seen through the eyes of the French Revolution's three protagonists - Georges-Jacques Danton, Maximilien Robespierre and Camille Desmoulins, men whose mix of ambition and ego helped unleash the darker side of the Revolution's ideals.

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