'Riveting…the book overflows with a natural storyteller's energy.' New Yorker. She does it admirably…a tour de force.” - Scotsman ”'An extraordinary and overwhelming novel…immensely detailed and yet fast-moving…she has set herself to capture the excitement and intellectual fervour of the period. ”'Crafty tensions, twists and high drama…a bravura display of her endlessly inventive, eerily observant style.” - Times Literary Supplement ”'Intriguing…She has grasped what made these young revolutionaries - and with them the French Revolution - tick.” - Independent Hilary Mantel captures it all.” - Time Out ”'Marvellous…It was the best of times it was the worst of times. ”'I cannot think of a historical novel as good as this until one goes back to Marguerite Yourcenar’s 'Memoirs of Hadrian', published forty years ago.” - Evening Standard ”'Hilary Mantel has soaked herself in the history of the period…and a striking picture emerges of the exhilaration, dynamic energy and stark horror of those fearful days.” - Daily Telegraph 'One of the best English novels of the 20th century.' Diana Athill, The Oldie. ”'Superbly readable…an assured and strange masterpiece.” - Sunday Telegraph
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