For the audience that made a major bestseller of Simon Schama’s Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution comes this exhaustively researched, character-driven chronicle of revolutionary terror, its victims, and the young men---energetic, idealistic, and sincere---who turned the French Republic into a slaughterhouse.
 1792 found the newborn Republic threatened from all sides: the British blockaded the coasts, Continental armies poured over the frontiers, and the provinces verged on open revolt. Paranoia simmering in the capital, the Revolution slipped under control of a powerful clique and its fanatical political organization, the Jacobin Club. For two years, this faction, obsessed with patriotism and purity---self-appointed to define both---inflicted on their countrymen a reign of terror unsurpassed until Stalin’s Russia. 
 It was the time dominated by Maximilien Robespierre, Georges Danton, Jean-Paul Marat and Louis-Antoine Saint-Just (called “The Angel of Death”), when Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette met their ends, when any hint of dissent was ruthlessly quashed by the State. It was the time of the guillotine, neighborhood informants, and mob justice. 
 This extraordinary, bloodthirsty period comes vividly to life in Graeme Fife’s new book. Drawing on contemporary police files, eyewitness accounts, directives from the sinister Committee for Public Safety, and heart-wrenching last letters from prisoners awaiting execution, the author brilliantly re-creates the psychotic atmosphere of that time.

The Terror: The Shadow of the Guillotine: France 1792--1794

History

Fife, Graeme

Europe

St.Martin's Press

A narrative guide to the most scenic and inspiring cycling climbs in the French Alps.
The Alps are a place of legend for cyclists, road racers, and enthusiasts alike. Home to one of the most demanding sections of the Tour de France, the mountains offer some of Europe’s most glorious cycling climbs through Geneva, Chamonix, Annecy, Chambe´ry, Grenoble, Le Bourg-d’Oisans, and Barcelonnette.
In this comprehensive guide, Graeme Fife, author, teacher, and passionate cycling enthusiast, presents the greatest mountain routes of the Alps. Aided by Peter Drinkell’s beautiful color photography, Fife reveals each journey with historical snapshots, humorous observations, and stirring stories from cycling’s past, detailing the challenges of each climb and the key features to look out for along the way. A selection of photographs of the routes and stunning scenery is included in each chapter, and illustrated maps document the climbs of each region.
Whether planning a weekend tour or an epic cycling adventure, this beautifully illustrated guide is essential reading for cyclists of all stripes. 60 color illustrations

Great Cycling Climbs: The French Alps

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Thames&Hudson

Arthur The King: The Themes Behind the Legend

Arthur the King

BBC CONSUMER PUBLISHING

From early 1793 to the summer of 1794, the young French Republic was subject to a reign of institutionalized terror. This period is recreated here by Graeme Fife, who uses contemporary documents, eye-witness accounts and reports to show the atmosphere of fear and suspicion that gripped the nation.

The Terror: The Shadow of the Guillotine: France 1792-1794

Piatkus Books

A powerful and frightening account - based on fresh research and eye-witness accounts - of the great Terror that swept France after the Revolution of 1789. From early 1793 to the summer of 1794, the young French Republic was subject to a reign of institutionalised terror which grew ever more bloodthirsty and paranoid in its actions. Personified by Robespierre and the 'Angel of Death', Saint-Just, the Terror convulsed and very nearly ruined France - until they too met their fate under the guillotine. That extraordinary period - in many ways the precursor of Stalin's Great Terror of the 1930s - is vividly re-created by Graeme Fife. He has used contemporary documents, eye-witness accounts, and reports from the dreaded Committee of Public Safety, to show the atmosphere of fear, suspicion and betrayal that gripped France. But amidst the horror there was also great heroism and pathos - the author includes heartbreaking letters written by those awaiting execution.

The Terror

Piatkus

Traces the development of Arthurian literature, examines its major themes of chivalry, heraldry, pageantry, and the Holy Grail, and links its development to the rise of the Christian Crusading movement

Sterling Pub. Co.

Traces the development of Arthurian literature, examines its major themes of chivalry, heraldry, pageantry, and the Holy Grail, and links its development to the rise of the Christian Crusading movement

Arthur: The King

Sterling Pub. Co., Inc.

A blend of literary reconstruction from contemporary documents including Charlotte's last letter from prison and the author's own insight into the mind and character of this remarkable young woman (1793, Charlotte Corday). This is a unique account of Jean Paul Marat

Angel of the Assassination

Literature & Fiction

United States

Merit Pub Intl

An updated edition sets the 2012 race in the context of the event's remarkable history, stretching back to July 1903
Combining meticulous research with a pacy narrative style, this book penetrates the mystique of the race and paints a colorful picture of the participants whose exploits have given the Tour an enduring universal appeal. With tales of great solo rides, amazing fortitude, terrible misfortune, and triumph, this is the definitive account of this extraordinary competition. Named one of the top-five sports books of the year by both the Independent andthe Times, it is the essential guide to the Tour.

Tour de France: The History . . . the Legend . . . the Riders . . .

Sports & Outdoors

Individual Sports

Mainstream Publishing

An updated edition sets the 2013 race in the context of the event's remarkable history, stretching back to July 1903
Combining meticulous research with a fast-paced narrative style, Graeme Fife penetrates the mystique of the Tour de France and paints a colorful picture of the men whose exploits have given the Tour enduring universal appeal. The momentous 100th anniversary competition fully lived up to expectations and was the most exciting race in years. Mountains loomed large in one of the toughest routes since World War II, including a double ascent of the iconic l'Alpe d'Huez in just one day. Laced with tales of great solo rides, amazing fortitude, terrible misfortune, and triumph, Tour de France is the definitive account of this extraordinary competition. Named one of the top-five sports books of the year by both the Independent and the Times, it is the essential guide to the Tour.

Tour de France: The History. The Legend. The Riders.

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The Terror: The Shadow of the Guillotine: France 1792--1794

Great Cycling Climbs: The French Alps

Arthur the King

The Terror: The Shadow of the Guillotine: France 1792-1794

The Terror

Arthur the King

Arthur: The King

Angel of the Assassination

Tour de France: The History . . . the Legend . . . the Riders . . .

Tour de France: The History. The Legend. The Riders.