About the Book

An extraordinary work of historical imagination from the double Booker Prize-winning author of the Wolf Hall trilogy, now a major TV series, this is Hilary Mantel’s epic novel of the French Revolution.

Characters

Georges-Jacques Danton: zealous, energetic and debt-ridden.

Maximilien Robespierre: small, diligent and terrified of violence.

Camille Desmoulins: a genius of rhetoric, charming and handsome, yet also erratic and untrustworthy.

Synopsis

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.