description: Ninety-three, the last of Victor Hugo's novels, is regarded by many including such diverse critics as Robert Louis Stevenson and André Maurois as his greatest work.1793, Year Two of the Republic, saw the establishment of the National Convention, the execution of Louis XVI, the Terror, and the monarchist revolt in the Vendée, brutally suppressed by the Republic. Hugo's epic follows three protagonists through this tumultuous year: the noble royalist de Lantenac; Gauvain, who embodies a benevolent and romantic vision of the Republic; and Cimourdain, whose principles are altogether more robespierrean.The conflict of values culminates in a dramatic climax on the scaffold.
language: English
title: Ninety-Three
titlecomplete: Ninety-Three
characters: Maximilien Robespierre, Gauvain, Cimourdain, le marquis de Lantenac, Georges-Jaques Danton, Jean-Paul Marat
genres: France, Fiction, Literature, Historical Fiction, French Literature, 19th Century, Historical, Novels, French Revolution, Classics
ratings_count: 5508
publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks