Ruth Scurr’s Ölümcül Saflık (Fatal Purity) is published by İletişim Yayınları. Recounting with striking clarity Robespierre’s turbulent journey from provincial lawyer to one of the most influential and controversial figures of the Revolution, and deftly exploring the contradictions that shaped it, the relationship between power and violence and the tensions of the republican ideal, the book promises a powerful read for history enthusiasts and anyone interested in political thought.
Passionate defender of universal rights and the oppressed, a leading actor in the fall of the monarchy and the founding of the republic, the cool-headed leader of the revolutionary years and the staunchest advocate of political violence… Ruth Scurr examines in detail how Maximilien Robespierre rose from modest provincial lawyer to become one of the leaders, and the most controversial face, of a revolution that shaped world history.
Portraying Robespierre as neither a revolutionary saint nor a bloodthirsty monster, Ölümcül Saflık – Robespierre ve Fransız Devrimi (Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution) not only vividly depicts the conditions and contradictions that shaped the Revolution and Robespierre, but also opens up a lively debate on power, violence, democracy and the idea of the republic.
A comprehensive and gripping portrait of a revolutionary whose rise and fall we witness along the fine line between virtue and terror…
