A Place of Greater Safety

A Novel

by Hilary Mantel

Paperback, 768 pages

English language

Published Nov. 14, 2006 by Picador.

OCLC Number:: 77523688

(10 reviews)

A spellbinding, epic 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.

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Kathrin Passig reviewed A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel

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3 stars

Ich mochte Mantels "Wolf Hall"-Trilogie gern, und auch das hier fing interessant an, aber es sind halt 750 Seiten. Am Ende passiert dann wieder mehr, aber da war ich durch den Mittelteil schon so ermattet, dass es mir egal war. Außerdem kommen Frauen überraschend schlecht weg, ich hatte naiv angenommen, bei Autorinnen sei man, was das angeht, in besseren Händen, aber die Frauen in diesem Buch sind auf eine leider viel uninteressantere Art als die Männer manipulativ und berechnend, bis hin zu einer falschen Vergewaltigungsanschuldigung.

matt reviewed A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel

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4 stars

Hilary Mantel is just so good at what she does. I never really felt like this book dragged, although it was a doorstopper. The building feeling of the revolution was well captured.