A Place of Greater Safety
by Hilary Mantel | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0140171037 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0140171037 Global Overview for this book
Registered by VeganMedusa of Invercargill, Southland New Zealand on 7/12/2009
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Amazon Editorial Review:
The story of three young provincials of no great heritage who together helped to destroy a way of life and, in the process, destroyed themselves: Camille Desmoulins, bisexual and beautiful, charming, erratic, untrustworthy; Georges Jacques Danton, hugely but erotically ugly, a brilliant pragmatist who knew how to seize power and use it; and Maximilien Robespierre, "the rabid lamb," who would send his dearest friend to the guillotine. Each, none older than thirty-four, would die by the hand of the very revolution he had helped to bring into being.
The story of three young provincials of no great heritage who together helped to destroy a way of life and, in the process, destroyed themselves: Camille Desmoulins, bisexual and beautiful, charming, erratic, untrustworthy; Georges Jacques Danton, hugely but erotically ugly, a brilliant pragmatist who knew how to seize power and use it; and Maximilien Robespierre, "the rabid lamb," who would send his dearest friend to the guillotine. Each, none older than thirty-four, would die by the hand of the very revolution he had helped to bring into being.
Journal Entry 2 by VeganMedusa at Library Cancelled Bookshelves in Invercargill, Southland New Zealand on Sunday, August 5, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (8/2/2018 UTC) at Library Cancelled Bookshelves in Invercargill, Southland New Zealand
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I enjoyed this book, although I struggled to begin with - it's pretty dense. Set free for someone else to read.