Fatal purity : Robespierre and the French Revolution
Scurr, Ruth2006
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Ruth Scurr traces Robespierre's life from a troubled childhood in provincial Arras to the passionate idealist, fighting for the rights of the people, and sweeping on to the implacable leader prepared to sign the death warrant for his closest friends.
Main title:
Fatal purity : Robespierre and the French Revolution / Ruth Scurr.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Chatto & Windus, 2006.
Collation:
[x], 388 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-362) and index.
ISBN:
9780701176006 (hbk)
Dewey class:
944.04092944.0409944.04092ROB
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
688117