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Set in Paris during the years of the Reign of Terror, 'The Gods Want Blood' centres on the rise to power of 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.

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One of the best novels written about the French Revolution and its aftermath. * TLS * A splendid evocation of the clubs, courts and murderous tumbrils of revolutionary Paris. * TLS *

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    A Paperback / softback by Anatole France, Douglas Parmee

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      Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 29/08/2013
      ISBN13: 9781847493194, 978-1847493194
      ISBN10: 184749319X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Set in Paris during the years of the Reign of Terror, 'The Gods Want Blood' centres on the rise to power of 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.

      Trade Review
      One of the best novels written about the French Revolution and its aftermath. * TLS * A splendid evocation of the clubs, courts and murderous tumbrils of revolutionary Paris. * TLS *

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