Fatal purity : Robespierre and the French Revolution / Ruth Scurr.
| Author/creator | Scurr, Ruth |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Metropolitan Books, 2006. |
| Description | xvii, 408 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | I: Before the revolution (1758-1788) -- Child of Arras -- The lawyer-poet back home -- II: The revolution begins (1788-1789) -- Standing for election in Arras -- Representing the nation at Versailles -- III: Reconstituting France (1789-1791) -- The national assembly in Paris -- The Constitution -- IV: The Constitution fails (1791-1792) -- War -- The king's trial -- V: The terror (1793-1794) -- The pact with violence -- Robespierre's red summer. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-391) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005057694 |
| ISBN | 0805079874 |
| ISBN | 9780805079876 |