Today we mourn the passing of Hilary Mantel, remembered by 18th-century enthusiasts above all as author of A Place of Greater Safety. In memory, let us find our copies, and revisit her wonderfully vivid portraits of Robespierre et al.!
Still on a Revolutionary theme - In this recording from her Reith Lectures of 2017, Hilary memorably recounts the sad story of the Polish playwright and Robespierre-obsessive Stanislawa Przybyszewska:
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