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3 Formats: CD
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3 Formats: Library CD
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3 Formats: MP3 CD
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ISBN: 9781664420458
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ISBN: 9781664528284
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ISBN: 9781664682238
| Runtime: | 33.86 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction/Historical |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
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.Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Mantel’s writing is so exact and brilliant that, in itself, it seems an act of survival, even redemption.” —New Yorker
“Brilliant, edgy historical fiction that captures the whiplash flux of the French Revolution with crisp immediacy on the page.” —Seattle Times
“An epic of extraordinary detail and depth…[it] moves beyond the
realm of an absorbing yarn into the arena of a literary masterpiece.” —Booklist
“Massively
impressive, painstakingly detailed saga of the French Revolution as its
leaders lived it…Re-creating the fullness of history with its wealth of human faces and
failings, this is a lively, engrossing tale of power, glory, and
despair.” —Kirkus Reviews
Author
Author Bio: Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel (1952-2022) was a #1 New York Times bestselling author and two-time winner of the Booker Prize for her bestselling novels, Wolf Hall, and its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies. The final novel of the Wolf Hall trilogy, The Mirror & the Light, debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and won critical acclaim around the globe. She wrote more than a dozen books, including A Place of Greater Safety, Beyond Black, and the memoir Giving Up the Ghost.
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Details
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| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Historical |
| Runtime: | 33.86 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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