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A Place of Greater Safety
A Place of Greater Safety
Author: Hilary Mantel
It is 1789, and three young provincials have come to Paris to make their way. Georges-Jacques Danton, an ambitious young lawyer, is energetic, pragmatic, debt-ridden--and hugely but erotically ugly. Maximilien Robespierre, also a lawyer, is slight, diligent, and terrified of violence. His dearest friend, Camille Desmoulins, is a conspirator and ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780312426392
ISBN-10: 0312426399
Publication Date: 11/14/2006
Pages: 768
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3.7 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Picador
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Helpful Score: 3
Wow, if you read all the reviews on back cover of book, and the one on the front which says 'riveting'--you really want to read it. I am a voracious reader and like 'heady' books, but this one...well, I tried. Every 4-5 pages when I would begin again each evening, it put me right to sleep. This never happens to me. This one was more effective than any medicine. Boring. Riveting? Hardly. I told myself to stick with it there must be an improvement coming, and night after night...zzzzz....I got 1/3 through and said 'that's it, I'm calling it quits.'
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