Hommes de la liberté

the long version

This book is a continuation of Manceron's stunning reconstruction of the rush toward the revolution as seen through a kaleidoscope of anecdotes, over one thousand incidents, and the interlocking of pulbic and private lives. We see familiar characters in a new light through letters, diaries, sermons and speeches. We observe those lives intertwoining, their frustrations and misunderstandings increasing, until they are brough inexorably to that fateful event. [Book jacket].