April 1794: The Reign of Terror has been striking France like a
plague for half a year. Daily, hundreds have followed King Louis
XVI and Marie Antoinette to the guillotine-some guilty of real
crimes, some completely innocent. George-Jacques Danton has just
met his own end in a poignant tableau captured for posterity on the
cover of this book. His friend Joseph Fouche returns to Paris on
the very next day, determined to avoid his own execution. How he
does so-and manages to thereby end the Terror by overthrowing the
government of the maniacal Maximilian Robespierre-is the subject of
this first-person period mystery. It is a tale of terror and
trickery, political struggle and sexual intrigue, involving
Fouche's tenacious search for the murderer of Charles-Maurice
Talleyrand's alluring, seventeen-year-old niece and his mistress's
efforts to inherit a fabulous chateau-against the backdrop of our
hero's audacious three-month effort to save his own neck.
General
| Imprint: |
Full Court Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
May 2010 |
| First published: |
May 2010 |
| Authors: |
Barry Sheinkopf
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
286 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4507-1222-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Science fiction
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-4507-1222-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781450712224 |
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