A Place of Greater Safety: A Novel

It is 1789, and three young provincials have come to Paris to make their way. Georges-Jacques Danton, an ambitious young lawyer, is energetic, pragmatic, debt-ridden--and hugely but erotically ugly. Maximilien Robespierre, also a lawyer, is slight, diligent, and terrified of violence. His dearest friend, Camille Desmoulins, is a conspirator and pamphleteer of genius. A charming gadfly, erratic and untrustworthy, bisexual and beautiful, Camille is obsessed by one woman and engaged to marry another, her daughter. In the swells of revolution, they each taste the addictive delights of power, and the price that must be paid for it.

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-22-2009; No One Has Done The French Revolution More Justice Than This Book!; As a life-time ardent student of the French Revolution I can firmly say that this book is the most "enlivened" account of the French Revolution that I have ever encountered. The brilliant story-telling narrative is as dramatic as a...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-08-2009; Vivid, gripping, witty, delightful; I loved this book to pieces; was enthralled by it for the past month. Mantel is a masterful writer, one of the best in English today (with the exception of the disappointing Beyond Black), and she brings characters to life through...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-16-2008; Absolutely brilliant; I'm afraid I can't provide much of a review--this book renders me speechless, mostly. I first read it five years ago, and it's still the best novel I've ever read. I've yet to encounter any competition.; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-04-2006; The Razor's Edge; Everything about this book is huge- its length, its scope, its cast, and its research. Mantel takes us to the razor's edge- showing how those brilliant men who engineered and orchestrated the French Revolution and its ideals lost...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-22-2009; No One Has Done The French Revolution More Justice Than This Book!; As a life-time ardent student of the French Revolution I can firmly say that this book is the most "enlivened" account of the French Revolution that I have ever encountered. The brilliant story-telling narrative is as dramatic as a...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-28-2006; Where's the beef?; I fear I must disagree with those readers who have given this one a thunderous ovation. What time in history could be more fascinating, full of action and suspense than the French Revolution? With this riveting background, how could...; read full review | report as inappropriate