num_pages: 872
description: Capturing the violence, tragedy, history, and drama of the French Revolution, this novel focuses on the families and loves of three men who led the Revolution--Danton, the charismatic leader and orator; Robespierre, the cold rationalist; and Desmoulins, the rabble-rouser.
language: English
title: A Place Of Greater Safety
titlecomplete: A Place Of Greater Safety
characters: Anne Théroigne, Lucile Duplessis, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, Madame Roland, Antoine Barnave, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Jean Paul Marat, Georges-Jaques Danton, Maximilien Robespierre, Jacques René Hébert, Camille Desmoulins, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Louis XVI of France, Fabre d'Englatine, Marie Antoinette
genres: Fiction, French Revolution, France, 18th Century, British Literature, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 9638
places: France
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Sunday Express Book of the Year
publisher: Fourth Estate