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henri_vickers 's review for:
A Place of Greater Safety
by Hilary Mantel
I haven’t been reading enough fiction of late, and picking up a novel this long as one of my first forays back in might not have been advisable.
Nonetheless, Mantel’s depiction of the French Revolution from the ancien régime to the purge of the Dantonists is a triumph. For those with a passing knowledge of the series of events (in my case from Mike Duncan’s Revolutions podcast), Mantel’s fictionalisation adds so much colour and life to the cast of historical characters.
My only qualms might be how the novel felt at time like more a series of vignettes rather than a consistent story, and the length, but neither of these prevent me from giving it a perfect score.
Nonetheless, Mantel’s depiction of the French Revolution from the ancien régime to the purge of the Dantonists is a triumph. For those with a passing knowledge of the series of events (in my case from Mike Duncan’s Revolutions podcast), Mantel’s fictionalisation adds so much colour and life to the cast of historical characters.
My only qualms might be how the novel felt at time like more a series of vignettes rather than a consistent story, and the length, but neither of these prevent me from giving it a perfect score.