A meticulously researched and thoroughly engaging biography of one of the most fascinating figures of the French Revolution, Honor Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including Mirabeau's own letters and writings, Evelyn Beatrice Hall provides a rich and nuanced portrait of a man who embodied both the ideals and the contradictions of his era. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally...