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The success of the BBC's dramatisation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall has inspired it to dramatise her earlier novel, A Place of Greater Safety, on Radio 4. I've just noticed that the dramatisation starts on Sunday 6 September. I am curious to hear how Melissa Murray (who wrote the radio dramatisation) has dealt with the demands of conveying fast-moving politics, and whether she has managed to breathe life into the  complicated characters. Mantel has a very particular take on her heroes - most of all Camille Desmoulins. In the light of the previous postings on this network about evidence for Desmoulins' 'vice honteux' I wondered if anyone had views on the accuracy of Mantel's portrayal? It would be fascinating to hear what people make of the dramatisation once it begins. I have to confess to a particular interest in all this as I am currently writing a book about four of her leading revolutionaries: Robespierre, Desmoulins, Danton and Saint-Just. BBC History Magazine commissioned me to write an article  to coincide with the dramatisation, which is out in the current (September) issue under the title Circle of Terror.