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“By focusing principally on a few key figures from the French Revolution—Robespierre, Danton, Desmoulins—Mantel manages to create an incredibly rich and epic tapestry that somehow encompasses both large-scale historical events, and intimate, personal insights into these figure’s childhoods, emotions and relationships.” Read more...
Historical Novels Set In the 1700s
Francesca de Tores, Novelist
“It’s a wonderful bird’s eye view of the French Revolution, which has been the birthplace of so much in modern life. It zeroes in on the lives and inner feelings of the leading participants, in particular the lives of Maximilien Robespierre and George-Jacques Danton. Mantel has a special intuitive talent for seeking out what makes people do what they do.” Read more...
The Best Historical Fiction Set in France
David Lawday, Biographer
“It follows Georges Danton, Camille Desmoulins, and Maximilien Robespierre from childhood, through the drama of the revolution and the political morass that follows, until the bloody dissolution of their alliance. Through the interweaving of their intellectual, familial and sexual pursuits, Mantel paints fully realised portraits of these three brilliant, complicated men (and a huge supporting cast).” Read more...
