Ruth Scurr

Broschiertes Buch

Fatal Purity

Robespierre and the French Revolution

Beschreibung

'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 where he had sent thousands ahead of him.

Autor

Ruth Scurr is an historian, biographer and literary critic. She teaches history and politics at Cambridge University, where she is a Lecturer and Fellow of Gonville & Caius College. Her first book, Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution won the Franco-British Society Literary Prize, was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize and was listed among the 100 Best Books of the Decade in The Times. She reviews regularly for the Times Literary Supplement, The Telegraph and the Wall Street Journal.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 302g
• ISBN-13: 9780099458982
• ISBN-10: 0099458985
• Artikelnr.: 23233819