Capturing the violence, tragedy, history, and drama of the French revolution, this novel focuses on the families and loves of three men who led the revolution--danton, the charismatic leader and orator; robespierre, the ...Capturing the violence, tragedy, history, and drama of the French revolution, this novel focuses on the families and loves of three men who led the revolution--danton, the charismatic leader and orator; robespierre, the cold rationalist; and desmoulins, the rabble-ro.