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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, and 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 Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Political Political Science Politics & Government Biography French Revolution
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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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Violence, terror, and everything but safety. A first hand account of life among the proponents and protagonists of la revolution. It’s like being there. A fabulous, tragic, and often very funny, story. With an incredible performance by Jonathan Keeble who inhabits every character masterfully.

An extraordinary account of the French Revolution

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Absolutely loved this book , an extraordinary account of a deeply disturbing time in French History. Narrator was excellent . Brilliant writing by the late Hilary Mantel, I was to start again and savour the exquisite writing.

The French Revolution.

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I loved Mantel's Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies so I was keen to see what she would do with the French Revolution. Unfortunately I never found out the ending it is just way way too long.

Too Long

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