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This blurb is a bit confusing to me. Could someone please explain the story plot a bit more to me please?

Angela Shields It takes the real characters of the French revolution, some well known like Robespierre and others less well known and fleshes out their characters an…moreIt takes the real characters of the French revolution, some well known like Robespierre and others less well known and fleshes out their characters and their backgrounds. In this way you get a much fuller picture of the French revolution. It has modern parallels with more recent revolutions which have many factions. By making the characters alive, the novel, for all its great length, is a good satisfying read. (less)

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what is the Thomas Cromwell trilogy?

Anne Wolf Hall is part 1, Bring Up the Bodies is part 2, and part 3, The Mirrror and the Light will be published in March 2020.

A Place of Greater Safety is…moreWolf Hall is part 1, Bring Up the Bodies is part 2, and part 3, The Mirrror and the Light will be published in March 2020.

A Place of Greater Safety is unconnected to this trilogy.(less)

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Is this book fairly historically accurate? I'm doing a project and I need some good source material on Camille Desmoulins and this is one of the only books that showed up about him. Does it have accurate portrayal of Desmoulins' life? Thank you!

Lydia My interpretation from the author is that the events are accurate, but the interactions among the principals is of her imagination. I don't know if th…moreMy interpretation from the author is that the events are accurate, but the interactions among the principals is of her imagination. I don't know if the portrayal of Camille Desmoulins, or any of the others is true. It is how they come across to you in Mantel's interpretations of each. She built the characterizations and dialogues around the events and what was left behind that she could find in the history books.(less)

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To clarify the question I asked a moment ago, I'm 1/3 thru the audio book. No character list is provided in the audio book, as far as I can tell. (If there's a PDF to go with the audio version, it didn't come with my library version). Could anyone please access the character list, maybe if you DO have the PDF and copy and paste it here? Thank you.

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character list?

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does or did The Maltese Orange actually exist? Does any remain? Thanks

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