'Brothers' follows three very different young men through the turmoil of the French Revolution. There is Georges Danton: ambitious, energetic, and heavily in debt. Maximilien Robespierre: small, conscientious, and fearful. And finally, Camille Desmoulins: a genius of rhetoric, charming and handsome, but also fickle and unreliable. As these three heroes become caught up in the intoxicating pull of power, each experiences the realization that ideals also have a dark side. Together, they unleash a terror from which no one can escape. 'Brothers' is equally a gripping narrative and a fascinatingly accurate panorama of one of the most shocking events in world history. With a sharp pen, Hilary Mantel sketches her characters, giving them the witty dialogues that readers of 'Wolf Hall' rightly love, and brings history to life.