A paragon of efficiency, Colette took the next natural step after finishing secretarial school by marrying a man who would do just fine. After a sobering, do-it-yourself divorce, Colette is at a loss for what to do next. Convinced that she is due an out-of-hand, life-affirming revelation, she strays into the realm of psychics and clairvoyants, hungry for a whisper to set her off in the right direction. At a psychic fair in Windsor she meets the charismatic Alison.

Alison, the daughter of a prostitute, beleaguered during her childhood by the pressures of her connection to the spiritual world, lives in a different kind of solitude. She cannot escape the dead who speak to her, least of all the constant presence of Morris, her low-life spiritual guide. An expansive presence onstage, Alison at once feels her bond with Colette, inviting her to join her on the road as her personal assistant and companion.

Troubles spiral out of control when the pair moves to a suburban wasteland in what was once the English countryside and take up with a spirit guide and his drowned therapist. It is not long before Alison's connection to the place beyond black threatens to uproot their lives forever. This is Hilary Mantel at her finest- insightful, darkly comic, unorthodox, and thrilling to read.

París, 1789. Frente a las panaderías se forman largas colas de gente hambrienta, las calles están atestadas de vagabundos armados y prácticamente todos los días estalla una pequeña revuelta.

En la orilla izquierda del Sena, un joven y desconocido abogado llamado Georges-Jaques Danton intenta labrarse un porvenir. Es un hombre enérgico y se ha propuesto dejar su impronta en la historia cueste lo que cueste. Maximilien Robespierre, tambien abogado, es un hombre tímido que detesta la violencia pero está dispuesto a dar la vida por ayudar a los demas. Camille Desmoulins es un joven sin domicilio fijo y aparentemente sin porvenir.

¿Qué es la revolución francesa? ¿Un desastre, un sueño, una oportunidad? Para estos tres hombres representa la única carrera posible a la que consagrar su vida.