The Terror

A powerful and frightening account - based on fresh research and eye- witness accounts - of the great Terror that swept France after the Revolution. 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.

David Andres s' important new book is a major contribution in our efforts to rethink the French Revolution . . . It is also exceptionally well-written

Commendably fair and even-handed . . . A lucid study

The most authoritative treatment we are likely to have for many years

A meticulous account . . . stands beside Simon Schama's Citizens

Graeme Fife is the author of numerous plays, documentaries and features for BBC Radio - including a play based on letters written by victims of the Terror. He is fluent in French, and divides his time between France and his home near Sevenoaks, Kent.