This blends gender politics with national politics, but emphasises the former. Its heroine, Martha Bradford, dark, tough, witty, and affectionate, enacts accented versions of some of MR
's experiences. Her father prefers her fair, compliant...
Literary Setting
Hilary Mantel
The novel takes place in Paris, primarily during the years of the revolution, beginning from 1787, when, as HM
sees it, three men, Camille Desmoulins
, Maximilien Robespierre
, and Georges-Jacques Danton
, seized...
Literary Setting
Anne Marsh
The Professional Visits is set in Paris, during the nightmare of Robespierre
's Terror, and opens in July 1794, soon after the fall of the moderate Girondins, and ends dramatically on the execution of...