Publisher Description

From 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.

Notes

Winner of the Sunday Express Book of the Year Award, this extraordinary, epic novel is set during the French Revolution. Reissue.

Author Biography

Hilary 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.

Review

'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 'Superbly readable!nothing less than a well-researched but 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.' Allan Massie, Scotsman

Long Description

From 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. Georges-Jacques Danton: zealous, energetic and debt-ridden. Maximilien Robespierre: small, diligent and terrified of violence. And Camille Desmoulins: a genius of rhetoric, charming and handsome, yet also erratic and untrustworthy. As these young men, key figures of the French Revolution, taste the addictive delights of power, the darker side of the period's political ideals is unleashed - and all must face the horror that follows.

Review Quote

"Superbly readableean assured and strange masterpiece." e" SUNDAY TELEGRAPH "One of the best English novels of the 20th century."e" DIANA ATHILL, THE OLDIE "Hilary Mantel has soaked herself in the history of the periodeand a striking picture emerges of the exhilaration, dynamic energy and stark horror of those fearful days." e" DAILY TELEGRAPH "I cannot think of a historical novel as good as this until one goes back to Marguerite Yourcenare(tm)s Memoirs of Hadrian, published forty years ago." e" EVENING STANDARD "MarvellouseIt was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Hilary Mantel captures it all." e" TIME OUT

Feature

* Hilary Mantel is one of our most brilliant and distinctive fiction writers. * 'Wolf Hall' has sold 220,000 copies in hardback so far. It won the Man Booker Prize 2009 and was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award. * 'Beyond Black' has sold over 80,000 paperbacks in the UK and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. * Part of a beautiful repackaging of Hilary Mantel's backlist - to coincide with the paperback publication of 'Wolf Hall'. Competition: The;Wolf Hall;Bring up the Bodies;Mirror and the Light;Heresy;Fire Court;Crusaders;Templars;Tidelands;A place of Greater Safety;Les Miserables;Pillars of the Earth;Treachery. By;Hilary Mantel;S J;S. J.;Parris;Philippa Gregory;Bill Bryson;Robert Harris;John le Carre;Alison Weir;Dan Jones;Ken Follett;

Description for Sales People

From 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. * Hilary Mantel is one of our most brilliant and distinctive fiction writers. * 'Wolf Hall' has sold 220,000 copies in hardback so far. It won the Man Booker Prize 2009 and was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award. * 'Beyond Black' has sold over 80,000 paperbacks in the UK and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. * Part of a beautiful repackaging of Hilary Mantel's backlist - to coincide with the paperback publication of 'Wolf Hall'. Competition: The;Wolf Hall;Bring up the Bodies;Mirror and the Light;Heresy;Fire Court;Crusaders;Templars;Tidelands;A place of Greater Safety;Les Miserables;Pillars of the Earth;Treachery. By;Hilary Mantel;S J;S. J.;Parris;Philippa Gregory;Bill Bryson;Robert Harris;John le Carre;Alison Weir;Dan Jones;Ken Follett;

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