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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... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Camille Desmoulins: Add a description of this character.
- M. Danton
- Robespierre
- Lucile
- Gabrielle
- Claude Dupin
- Fabre
- Brissot
- Annette
- Hebert
- Louise Robert
- Georges
- Roland
- Dumouriez
- Philippe
- Eleonore
- Adele
- Maximilien
- Hermann
- Herault
- Petion
- Lacroix
- Antoinette
- Fouquier
- Chabot
- Marat
- Vergniaud
- Madame
- Babette
- Legendre
- Dillon
- Monsieur
- Manon
- Jeanette
- Duke
- Capet
- Henriette
- Charpentier
- Laclos
- Angelique
- Francois
- Mme
- Pere Duchesne
Setting & Locations edit
- Paris
- Lafayette
- Versailles
- France
- England
- City Hall
- Europe
- Republic
- Charlotte
- Arras
- Tuileries
- Mountain
- Belgium
- Brunswick
- Sillery
- Arcis
- Luxembourg
- Troyes
- Vendee
- Jacobin Club
- Freron
- Dauphin
- Place De Greve
- Picardy
- Austria
- Sevres
- East India Company
- Bourg-la-reine
- Court
- Palais-royal
- Providence
- Louis-le-grand
- Convention
- Vienna
- Spain
- Alsace
- Opera
- Louvet
- America
- Laon
- Fontenay
- London
First Sentence edit
Now that the dust has settled, we can begin to look at our situation.
Table of Contents edit
Part One
I. Life as a Battlefield (1763-1774)
II. Corpse-Candle (1774-1780)
III. At Maître Vinot’s (1780)
Part Two
I. The Theory of Ambition (1784-1787)
II. Rue Condé: Thursday Afternoon (1787)
III. Maximilien: Life and Times (1787)
IV. A Wedding, a Riot, a Prince of the Blood (1787-1788)
V. A New Profession (1788)
VI. Last Days of Titonville (1789)
VII. Killing Time (1789)
Part Three
I. Virgins (1789)
II. Liberty, Gaiety, Royal Democracy (1790)
III. Lady’s Pleasure (1791)
IV. More Acts of the Apostles
Part Four
I. A Lucky Hand (1791)
II. Danton: His Portrait Made (1791)
III. Three Blades, Two in Reserve (1791-1792)
IV. The Tactics of a Bull (1792)
V. Burning the Bodies (1792)
Part Five I. Conspirators (1792)
II. Robespierricide (1792)
III. The Visible Exercise of Power (1792-1793)
IV. Blackmail (1793)
V. A Martyr, a King, a Child (1793)
VI. A Secret History (1793)
VII. Carnivores (1793)
VIII. Imperfect Contrition (1793)
IX. East Indians (1793)
X. The Marquis Calls (1793)
XI. The Old Cordeliers (1793-1794)
XII. Ambivalence (1794)
XII. Conditional Absolution (1794)
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- Hilary Mantel (Author)
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Publication Date: 1992
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Publication Date: 1992
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- Dewey: 813
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