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Last Letters: Prisons and Prisoners of the French Revolution 1793-1794/00489
Drawing on a centuries-old file, this volume reproduces the last letters by prisoners of the French Revolution in the last few moments before their death, and sheds new light on this turbulent time
250 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 1987
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
May 22, 2017
Stumbled onto this book whilst doing research for a book I'm writing. My intention was only to give it a skim, but the tragedy of each letter, each story, each condemned soul just drew me in. I couldn't read more than a few pages at a time because I felt it disrespectful to merely skim over the last words and thoughts of so many who met their unnatural end at the gallows of the French Revolution.
August 16, 2019
An amazing collection of lost letters. Good research. It would have been nice to have seen some letters from more common people, but they were not the ones being executied!
August 26, 2021
This book delivers 100% on what the author promised, I'm just less intrigued by it as I thought I would be.
Shelved as 'maybe-read-sometime'
January 11, 2012I only read the letters of Olympe de Gouges and Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier, and of course Marie Antoinette. I may read the others at a later date.
October 11, 2014
After reading an excerpt (Marquis de Gouy d'Arsy's tender farewell to his wife) in another history book, I checked this out because I assumed it would be full of letters with some annotations and historical context. It wasn't quite what I expected and, as fascinating as the French Revolution is, I just wasn't into the descriptions of the prisons.
August 20, 2009
Love it. Tragic. Interesting.
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April 28, 2012a really captivation book..
February 4, 2014
I really thought this would be heavier.
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