Summary of A Place of Greater SafetyÂ
“A Place of Greater Safety” is a historical novel set in Paris during the French Revolution. The story follows Desmoulins, Danton, and Robespierre, as they grow from young provincial lawyers into leaders of the revolution.
Reasons to read A Place of Greater Safety
“A Place of Greater Safety” is a meticulously researched historical and political novel spanning more than 700 pages. It vividly captures the atmosphere of the French Revolution. Hilary Mantel is one of the few novelists to have won the Booker Prize twice (for “Wolf Hall” and its sequel “Bring Up the Bodies”). “A Place of Greater Safety” was her first novel, written between 1975 and 1978, but it was not published until 1992. It won the Sunday Express Book of the Year award in 1992, then the most lucrative fiction prize in Britain.
Setting: Paris (France)
Original title: A Place of Greater Safety
Year of publication: 1992
Nr of pages: 768
