| Author: | Hilary Mantel | ISBN: | 9781429922807 |
| Publisher: | Henry Holt and Co. | Publication: | November 14, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Holt Paperbacks | Language: | English |
| Author: | Hilary Mantel |
| ISBN: | 9781429922807 |
| Publisher: | Henry Holt and Co. |
| Publication: | November 14, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Holt Paperbacks |
| Language: | English |
The story of three young provincials of no great heritage who together helped to destroy a way of life and, in the process, destroyed themselves: Camille Desmoulins, bisexual and beautiful, charming, erratic, untrustworthy; Georges Jacques Danton, hugely but erotically ugly, a brilliant pragmatist who knew how to seize power and use it; and Maximilien Robespierre, "the rabid lamb," who would send his dearest friend to the guillotine. Each, none older than thirty-four, would die by the hand of the very revolution he had helped to bring into being.
The story of three young provincials of no great heritage who together helped to destroy a way of life and, in the process, destroyed themselves: Camille Desmoulins, bisexual and beautiful, charming, erratic, untrustworthy; Georges Jacques Danton, hugely but erotically ugly, a brilliant pragmatist who knew how to seize power and use it; and Maximilien Robespierre, "the rabid lamb," who would send his dearest friend to the guillotine. Each, none older than thirty-four, would die by the hand of the very revolution he had helped to bring into being.
