{"product_id":"dantons-death-georg-buchner-9781408132838","title":"Danton's Death","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is your rhetoric translated. These wretches, these executioners, the guillotine are your speeches come to life. You have built your doctrines out of human heads... \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy should an event that transforms the whole of humanity not advance through blood?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1794: the French Revolution reaches its climax. After a series of bloody purges the life-loving, volatile Danton is tormented by his part in the killing. His political rival, the driven, ascetic Robespierre, decides Danton's fate. A titanic struggle begins. Once friends who wanted to change the world, now one stands for compromise the other for ideological purity as the guillotine awaits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA revolutionary himself, George B?hner was 21 when he wrote the play in 1835, while hiding from the police. With its hair-raising on-rush of scenes and vivid dramatisation of complex, visionary characters, \u003ci\u003eDanton's Death \u003c\/i\u003ehas a claim to be the greatest political tragedy ever written. In his newly-revised translation, Howard Brenton captures B?hner's exhilarating energy as Danton struggles to avoid his inexorable fall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Georg Buchner, Howard Brenton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1408132834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781408132838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Georg Buchner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925472018687,"sku":"9781408132838","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_11dfe3d7-27ad-445e-a7c9-0ce5ae58711b.jpg?v=1681077472","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dantons-death-georg-buchner-9781408132838","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}