Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Fine. Almost in new condition. Book shows only very slight signs of use. Cover and binding are undamaged and pages show minimal use. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Fawcett Books
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780449912683ISBN:044991268X
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. Very clean, solid, hard cover book with mylar cover. Ex-Library = sometimes shows usual stamps, stickers and/or library markings. read more
Description: Fawcett Columbine, 1996. 1st printing / edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good mylar dustjacket. Front flap fold of the jacket is split and cellophane tape-repaired. ISBN: 044991268X. read more
Binding: S Trade Paperback
Publisher: Fawcett Books, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780449912751ISBN:0449912752
Description: Fine. This book is evidently unread, square and solidly bound. Aside from some light toning of pages, it is as good as new. The cover is clean and shiny, and the spine is uncracked and in perfect shape--you'll cartwheel with delight on receiving this book! ! ! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fawcett
Date Published: 1996-10-08
ISBN-13:9780449912683ISBN:044991268X
Description: Very Good. Very good paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Free Delivery Confirmation! Ships same or next business day! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fawcett
Date Published: 1996-10-08
ISBN-13:9780449912683ISBN:044991268X
Description: Very Good. No names, no remainder marks, no stickers. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean and bright. DJ is VG. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
"Marge Piercy's historical novels are well-researched forays into a kind of history I wish they'd taught me in high school -- I might have paid more attention! City of Darkness, City of Light chronicles the tumult of the French Revolution from the perspective of about five real historical characters, including two women responsible for co-founding the Republican Revolutionary Women, a political and activist organization comprised entirely of women who made public speeches, demonstrated in the Legislative Assembly, and bore arms in the many skirmishes and riots in Paris.
In her prologue, Piercy points out that many of the economic and social trends that led up to the French Revolution are repeating themselves today. In that sense, the book serves both as a fascinating retelling of a sea change in the Western world, and also as a chilling cautionary tale."
"The first couple hundred pages of this book were very interesting - the French Revolution from the point of view of the vampire several different players (Robespierre, Danton, sans-culotte women and more) but I've really been struggling to read past page 300.
The one thing this is really bringing home to me is how long the revolution took; in school we just kind of learned "blah blah Bastille, blah blah Tennis Court Oath, and then there was a revolution, lots of people died, let's move on to Napoleon."
May 14 2009: I GIVE UP - if I haven't finished this by now, I'm not going to. (And I feel badly about it, because after 300 pages you'd think I could just finish it, but no.)"
"I loved this book. She fleshed out the political characters of the day, made the revolution and the Terror a very personal experience for the reader. I don't recall another piece of historical fiction that made me care so passionately for figures I'd previously been indifferent to. Now I'll always have a soft spot for Danton."
"My feelings on this book were really divided. Sometimes I was really pulled in and captivated by the characters. Other times, I felt like it couldn't go by fast enough. I think part of the problem was that I wasn't really thrilled by the style the story was written in; it felt very much like telling instead of showing. Still, it was a very interesting look at the French Revolution, a subject that I don't do a lot of reading on, and it made me think that I might like to do more reading about it in the future."
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