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
Having promised I wouldn’t buy any more books until I’ve read all the TBRs in my house, Simon goes and does this to me 😭
Am currently enthralled with Tolstoy’s slow read, and having already done Wolf Hall, the prospect of another Mantel-piece was too good to refuse.