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The Gods Want Blood
Anatole France
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Description for The Gods Want Blood
Paperback. Benefiting from Anatole France's meticulous historical research, this fascinating and timeless novel sheds light on a complex world of rival factions and institutions of state terror and vividly portrays the lives and psyches of ordinary people who are complicit in acts of public barbarity. Translator(s): Parmee, Douglas. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274.
Set in Paris during the years of the Reign of Terror, 'The Gods Want Blood' centres on the rise to power of Jacobin sympathizer Evariste Gamelin, a young painter who becomes a juror on a local Revolutionary tribunal. Caught up in the bloodthirsty madness surrounding him, he helps to dispense cruel justice in the name of his ideals, while at the same time succumbing to his own petty instincts of revenge when he jealously pursues a rival for the affections of his lover Elodie.
Set in Paris during the years of the Reign of Terror, 'The Gods Want Blood' centres on the rise to power of Jacobin sympathizer Evariste Gamelin, a young painter who becomes a juror on a local Revolutionary tribunal. Caught up in the bloodthirsty madness surrounding him, he helps to dispense cruel justice in the name of his ideals, while at the same time succumbing to his own petty instincts of revenge when he jealously pursues a rival for the affections of his lover Elodie.
Product Details
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847493194
SKU
V9781847493194
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About Anatole France
The son of a Parisian bookseller, Anatole France (1844-1924) became one of the most successful novelists and most famous men of letters of his time, winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921.
Reviews for The Gods Want Blood
One of the best novels written about the French Revolution and its aftermath.
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A splendid evocation of the clubs, courts and murderous tumbrils of revolutionary Paris.
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A splendid evocation of the clubs, courts and murderous tumbrils of revolutionary Paris.
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