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OverviewFrom the double Man Booker prize-winning author of Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror & the Light comes an extraordinary work of historical imagination – this is Hilary Mantel’s epic novel of the French Revolution. A spellbinding novel which 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, idealism, and ego helped unleash the darker side of the Revolution’s ideals and brought them eventually to their own tragic ends. Critically acclaimed upon first publication, ‘A Place of Greater Safety’ is one of Mantel’s most celebrated works of fiction. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hilary MantelPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Imprint: Fourth Estate Ltd Edition: Re-issue Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 5.60cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.610kg ISBN: 9780007250554ISBN 10: 000725055 Pages: 880 Publication Date: 05 March 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews'Superbly readable...an assured and strange masterpiece.' Sunday Telegraph 'One of the best English novels of the 20th century.' Diana Athill, The Oldie 'Hilary Mantel has soaked herself in the history of the period...and a striking picture emerges of the exhilaration, dynamic energy and stark horror of those fearful days.' Daily Telegraph 'I cannot think of a historical novel as good as this until one goes back to Marguerite Yourcenar's Memoirs of Hadrian , published forty years ago.' Evening Standard 'Marvellous...It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Hilary Mantel captures it all.' Time Out 'Intriguing...She has grasped what made these young revolutionaries - and with them the French Revolution - tick.' Independent 'Crafty tensions, twists and high drama...a bravura display of her endlessly inventive, eerily observant style.' Times Literary Supplement 'An extraordinary and overwhelming novel...immensely detailed and yet fast-moving...she has set herself to capture the excitement and intellectual fervour of the period. She does it admirably...a tour de force.' Scotsman 'Riveting...the book overflows with a natural storyteller's energy.' New Yorker 'Much, much more than a historical novel, this is an addictive study of power, and the price that must be paid for it...a triumph.' Cosmopolitan 'This is a high-class historical blockbuster.' Red Magazine 'Hilary Mantel has pulled off the apparently impossible...an ambitious, gripping epic.' Vogue 'Superbly readable!an assured and strange masterpiece.' Sunday Telegraph 'One of the best English novels of the 20th century.' Diana Athill, The Oldie 'Hilary Mantel has soaked herself in the history of the period!and a striking picture emerges of the exhilaration, dynamic energy and stark horror of those fearful days.' Daily Telegraph 'I cannot think of a historical novel as good as this until one goes back to Marguerite Yourcenar's Memoirs of Hadrian , published forty years ago.' Evening Standard 'Marvellous!It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Hilary Mantel captures it all.' Time Out 'Intriguing!She has grasped what made these young revolutionaries -- and with them the French Revolution -- tick.' Independent 'Crafty tensions, twists and high drama!a bravura display of her endlessly inventive, eerily observant style.' Times Literary Supplement 'An extraordinary and overwhelming novel!immensely detailed and yet fast-moving!she has set herself to capture the excitement and intellectual fervour of the period. She does it admirably!a tour de force.' Scotsman 'Riveting!the book overflows with a natural storyteller's energy.' New Yorker 'Much, much more than a historical novel, this is an addictive study of power, and the price that must be paid for it!a triumph.' Cosmopolitan 'This is a high-class historical blockbuster.' Red Magazine 'Hilary Mantel has pulled off the apparently impossible!an ambitious, gripping epic.' Vogue 'One of the best English novels of the 20th century' Diana Athill, Oldie 'Superbly readable![a] richly idiosyncratic fictional history of the French Revolution!an assured and strange masterpiece.' Sunday Telegraph 'I cannot think of a historical novel as good as this until on goes back to Marguerite Yourcenar's Memoirs of Hadrian , published forty years ago.' Evening Standard 'Marvellous!her great achievement is not just in making these long-dead demagogues live and breathe, but setting them in a brilliantly-realised family context, and surrounding them with vivid womenfolk who question, challenge or endure. It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Hilary Mantel captures it all.' Time Out 'Crafty tensions, twists and high drama!a bravura display of her endlessly inventive, eerily observant style' Times Literary Supplement 'An extraordinary and overwhelming novel!immensely detailed and yet fast-moving!she has set herself to capture the excitement and intellectual fervour of the period. She does it admirably!a tour de force.' Scotsman 'Hilary Mantel has soaked herself in the history of the period!and a striking picture emerges of the exhilaration, dynamic energy and stark horror of those fearful days.' Daily Telegraph 'Riveting!the book overflows with a natural storyteller's energy' New Yorker 'Hilary Mantel has soaked herself in the history of the period!and a striking picture emerges of the exhilaration, dynamic energy and stark horror of those fearful days.' Daily Telegraph Author InformationHilary Mantel is the author of fourteen books, including A Place Of Greater Safety, Beyond Black, the memoir Giving Up The Ghost, and the short-story collection The Assassination Of Margaret Thatcher. Her two most recent novels, Wolf Hall and its sequel Bring Up The Bodies, have both been awarded the Man Booker Prize - an unprecedented achievement. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |