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A Place of Greater Safety

By: Hilary Mantel
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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A tour-de-force of historical imagination, this is the story of three young men at the dawn of the French Revolution. Georges-Jacques Danton: zealous, energetic, debt-ridden. Maximilien Robespierre: small, diligent, terrified of violence. And Camille Desmoulins: a genius of rhetoric, charming, handsome, but erratic and untrustworthy. As these key figures of the French Revolution taste the addictive delights of power, they must also come to face the horror that follows.©1992 Hilary Mantel (P)2013 W F Howes Ltd Biographical Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Political Political Science Politics & Government Biography Classics French Revolution
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If you don’t know anything about the French Revolution, this may not be a good place to start as it covers events obliquely. If you have a general idea of the events and characters, this is a good read. The narration is brilliant, one the best I have heard and I have listened to hundreds of audiobooks.

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Hilary’s writing is superb and the performance was excellent. I would have preferred to read as a trilogy, however, there was too much detailed information to take in at once, to keep the interactions between the characters in mind as the story progressed. Nevertheless, it is a masterful result.

Saga of the French Terror

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Too long? No, I never wanted it to end. Brilliantly executed and expertly narrated, it provided an incredibly detailed and rich narrative of how it may have been. Hilary Mantel’s work is second to none

extraordinary and captivating

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Wonderful retelling of a most terrifying time. Masterful narration by the marvellous Mr Keeble, who bought to life this excellent story.

Excellent and entertaining

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Interesting! I learned a lot about the French Revolution from ‘the other side’. Brutal yet sensitive. I recommend.

Well researched!

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