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Scurr, Ruth FATAL PURITY: Robespierre and the French Revolution
London Chatto and Windus 2006 0701176008 / 9780701176006 1st Edition, 1st Impression Hardcover and Dustjacket Near Fine Very Good +
[xii] + 388pp., unpaginated halftone plate sections; one in b/white, one in full colour. Book clean and square. Spine firm, vivid silver title there-on. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated ['Robespierre', Joseph Boze], loose-plastic protected dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. The author traces the life of Maximilien Robespierre [1758-1794], which reached a violent 'crescendo', finishing with his demise beneath a French guillotine on a warm day in July 1794. What turned a shy young lawyer into a 'monster', and a 'bloodthirsty charlatan'? His admirers called him 'the great incorruptible'. Robespierre and the French Revolution were inseparable. Contents include: Prelims., Part I-Before the Revolution [1758-1788]. Part II-The Revolution Begins [1788-1789]. Part III- Reconstituting France [1789-1791], Part IV-The Constitution Fails [1791-1792], Part V-The Terror [1793-1794]. Coda, Notes, Biblio., Acks., Chronology, Index. Book weight approx. 740g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
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