Hilary Mantel Quote

I resent you— Robespierre said. His words were lost. The People, he shouted, are everywhere good, and if they obstruct the Revolution—even, for example, at Toulon—we must blame their leaders.What are you going on about this for? Danton asked him. Fabre launched himself from the wall. He is trying to enunciate a doctrine, he shrieked. He thinks the time has come for a bloody sermon. If only, Robespierre yelled, there were more vertu.More what?Vertu. Love of one’s country. Self-sacrifice. Civic spirit.One appreciates your sense of humor, of course. Danton jerked his thumb in the direction of the noise. The only vertu those bastards understand is the kind I demonstrate every night to my wife.

Hilary Mantel

I resent you— Robespierre said. His words were lost. The People, he shouted, are everywhere good, and if they obstruct the Revolution—even, for example, at Toulon—we must blame their leaders.What are you going on about this for? Danton asked him. Fabre launched himself from the wall. He is trying to enunciate a doctrine, he shrieked. He thinks the time has come for a bloody sermon. If only, Robespierre yelled, there were more vertu.More what?Vertu. Love of one’s country. Self-sacrifice. Civic spirit.One appreciates your sense of humor, of course. Danton jerked his thumb in the direction of the noise. The only vertu those bastards understand is the kind I demonstrate every night to my wife.

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About Hilary Mantel

Dame Hilary Mary Mantel ( man-TEL; born Thompson; 6 July 1952 – 22 September 2022) was a British writer whose work includes historical fiction, personal memoirs and short stories. Her first published novel, Every Day Is Mother's Day, was released in 1985. She went on to write 12 novels, two collections of short stories, a memoir, and numerous articles and opinion pieces.
Mantel won the Booker Prize twice: the first was for her 2009 novel Wolf Hall, a fictional account of Thomas Cromwell's rise to power in the court of Henry VIII, and the second was for its 2012 sequel Bring Up the Bodies. The third installment of the Cromwell trilogy, The Mirror & the Light, was longlisted for the same prize. The trilogy has gone on to sell more than 5 million copies.