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Fatal Purity
'A truly remarkable writer, one of the most gifted non-fiction authors alive' Simon Schama, Financial TimesRobespierre was only thirty-six when he died, sent to the guillotine …
Carlyle's The French Revolution
In 1837 Thomas Carlyle published his work The French Revolution: A History and overnight became a celebrity.The work was filled with a passionate intensity, hitherto unknown in …
Fatal Purity
'A truly remarkable writer, one of the most gifted non-fiction authors alive' Simon Schama, Financial TimesRobespierre was only thirty-six when he died, sent to the guillotine …
John Aubrey
'A truly remarkable writer, one of the most gifted non-fiction authors alive' Simon Schama, Financial TimesSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDThis is the autobiography …
John Aubrey
'A truly remarkable writer, one of the most gifted non-fiction authors alive' Simon Schama, Financial TimesSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDThis is the autobiography …
Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution
"Judicious, balanced, and admirably clear at every point. This is quite the calmest and least abusive history of the Revolution you will ever read." --Hilary Mantel, London Review …
Carlyle's "The French Revolution"
Ruth Scurr offers a substantial introduction to Carlyle and his masterwork, followed by a series of carefully selected extracts. In 1837 Thomas Carlyle published his two-volume …
Napoleon: A Life Told in Gardens and Shadows
"How should one envisage this subject? With a great pomp of words, or with simplicity?" --Charlotte Bront , "The Death of Napoleon" The most celebrated general in history, Napoleon …
Memoirs of the Life of Monsieur de Voltaire
Written in the tongue-in-cheek manner for which he was famous, Monsieur de Voltaire's memoirs reveal a new perspective on the international politics and history of the 18th …