Reading Schedule: A Place of Greater Safety

A slow read of Hilary Mantel's novel on the French Revolution

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This is the reading schedule for our slow read of A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel.

The read-along begins on 5 May and runs for 20 weeks.

Every Monday, you will receive a post from me with discussion and resources for that week’s reading. You can chat with fellow readers in the comment section of each post. To receive these posts, turn on notifications for 2025 A Place of Greater Safety in your settings.

Everything related to the slow read can be found here:

Week 1: Part One, Chapter I – Chapter II

Life as a Battlefield & Corpse-Candle
Monday 5 May – Sunday 11 May

Week 2: Part One, Chapter III – Part Two, Chapter II

At Maître Vinot’s & The Theory of Ambition & Rue Condé: Thursday Afternoon
Monday 12 May – Sunday 18 May

Week 3: Part Two, Chapter III – Chapter IV

Maximilien: Life and Times & A Wedding, a Riot, a Prince of the Blood
Monday 19 May – Sunday 25 May

Week 4: Part Two, Chapter V

A New Profession
Monday 26 May – Sunday 1 June

Week 5: Part Two, Chapter VI

Last Days of Titonville
Monday 2 June – Sunday 8 June

Week 6: Part Two, Chapter VII

Killing Time
Monday 9 June – Sunday 15 June

Week 7: Part Three, Chapter I

Virgins
Monday 16 June – Sunday 22 June

Week 8: Part Three, Chapter II

Liberty, Gaiety, Royal Democracy
Monday 23 June – Sunday 29 June

Week 9: Part Three, Chapter III – Chapter IV

Lady’s Pleasure & More Acts of the Apostles
Monday 30 June – Sunday 6 July

Week 10: Part Four, Chapter I – Chapter II

A Lucky Hand & Danton: His Portrait Made
Monday 7 June – Sunday 13 July

Week 11: Part Four, Chapter III – Chapter IV

Three Blades, Two in Reserve & The Tactics of a Bull
Monday 14 July – Sunday 20 July

Week 12: Part Four, Chapter V

Burning the Bodies
Monday 21 July – Sunday 27 July

Week 13: Part Five, Chapter I

Conspirators
Monday 28 July – Sunday 3 August

Week 14: Part Five, Chapter II – Chapter III

Robespirerricide & The Visible Excercise of Power
Monday 4 August – Sunday 10 August

Week 15: Part Five, Chapter IV – Chapter VI

Blackmail & A Martyr, a King, a Child & A Secret History
Monday 11 August – Sunday 17 August

Week 16: Part Five, Chapter VII – Chapter VIII

Carnivores & Imperfect Contrition
Monday 18 August – Sunday 24 August

Week 17: Part Five, Chapter IX

East Indians
Monday 25 August – Sunday 31 August

Week 18: Part Five, Chapter X

The Marquis Calls
Monday 1 September – Sunday 7 September

Week 19: Part Five, Chapter XI – Chapter XII

The Old Cordeliers & Ambivalence
Monday 8 September – Sunday 14 September

Week 20: Part Five, Chapter XIII

Conditional Absolution
Monday 15 September – Sunday 21 September