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The Gods Want Blood
Paperback
Main Details
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The Gods Want Blood
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Anatole France
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Translated by Douglas Parmee
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback | | Pages:288 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 201,Width 130 |
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| Category/Genre | Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781847493194
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| Classifications | Dewey:843.8 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Alma Books Ltd
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| Imprint |
Alma Classics
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| Publication Date |
29 August 2013 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Set in Paris during the years of the Reign of Terror, The Gods Want Blood centres on the rise to power of the Jacobin sympathizer Evariste Gamelin, a young painter who becomes a juror on a local Revolutionary tribunal. Caught up in the bloodthirsty madness surrounding him, he helps to dispense cruel justice in the name of his ideals, while at the same time succumbing to his own petty instincts of revenge when he jealously pursues a rival for the affections of his lover Elodie.
Author Biography
The son of a Parisian bookseller, Anatole France (1844 - 1924) became one of the most successful novelists and most famous men of letters of his time, winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921.
Reviews"A splendid evocation of the clubs, courts and murderous tumbrils of revolutionary Paris."" Times Literary Supplement""
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