A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, vol 6: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, vol 6, credited to François Pierre Guillaume Guizot, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, vol 6 by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot. Read in English by Cate Barratt. François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. He played a significant role in French politics before the Revolution of 1848, actively opposing as a liberal the reactionary King Charles X before his overthrow in the July Revolution of 1830, then in government service to the "citizen king" Louis Philippe, as the Minister of Education, 1832-1837, ambassador to London, Foreign Minister 1840-1847, and finally Prime Minister of France from September 19, 1847 to February 23, 1848. His six-volume series "A Popular History of France" is an attractive and engrossing narrative, and easily readable in English, thanks to the translation by Robert Black. Other volumes available (Karen Merline's summary edited by Cate Barratt)

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, vol 6
• Author credits: François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 41
• Listed recording duration: 20:19:29

Catalogue topics

• France
• history

Opening tracks: first 24 of 41

1. 01 - Chapter XLIX. Louis XIV. and His Court, part 1 — 33:09
2. 02 - Chapter XLIX. Louis XIV. and His Court, part 2 — 26:46
3. 03 - Chapter L. Louis XIV. and Death. 1711-1715, part 1 — 21:07
4. 04 - Chapter L. Louis XIV. and Death. 1711-1715, part 2 — 20:14
5. 05 - Chapter LI. Louis XV., the Regency, and Cardinal Dubois. 1715-1723, part 1 — 32:14
6. 06 - Chapter LI. Louis XV., the Regency, and Cardinal Dubois. 1715-1722, part 2 — 32:35
7. 07 - Chapter LI. Louis XV., the Regency, and Cardinal Dubois. 1715-1723, part 3 — 35:23
8. 08 - Chapter LI. Louis XV., the Regency, and Cardinal Dubois. 1715-1723, part 4 — 28:44
9. 09 - Chapter LII. Louis XV., the Ministry of Cardinal Fleury., 1723-1748, part 1 — 33:13
10. 10 - Chapter LII. Louis XV., the Ministry of Cardinal Fleury., 1723-1748, part 2 — 33:05
11. 11 - Chapter LII. Louis XV., the Ministry of Cardinal Fleury., 1723-1748, part 3 — 32:38
12. 12 - Chapter LII. Louis XV., the Ministry of Cardinal Fleury., 1723-1748, part 4 — 33:03
13. 13 - Chapter LIII. Louis XV., France in the Colonies. 1745-1763., part 1 — 26:23
14. 14 - Chapter LIII. Louis XV., France in the Colonies. 1745-1763., part 2 — 25:43
15. 15 - Chapter LIII. Louis XV., France in the Colonies. 1745-1763., part 3 — 25:58
16. 16 - Chapter LIII. Louis XV., France in the Colonies. 1745-1763., part 4 — 25:26
17. 17 - Chapter LIV. Louis XV., The Seven Years' War. Ministry of the Duke of Choiseul. 1748-1774., part 1 — 34:22
18. 18 - Chapter LIV. Louis XV., The Seven Years' War. Ministry of the Duke of Choiseul. 1748-1774., part 2 — 34:58
19. 19 - Chapter LIV. Louis XV., The Seven Years' War. Ministry of the Duke of Choiseul. 1748-1774., part 3 — 35:15
20. 20 - Chapter LIV. Louis XV., The Seven Years' War. Ministry of the Duke of Choiseul. 1748-1774., part 4 — 16:09
21. 21 - Chapter LV. Louis XV., the Philosophers, part 1 — 33:08
22. 22 - Chapter LV. Louis XV., the Philosophers, part 2 — 32:32
23. 23 - Chapter LV. Louis XV., the Philosophers, part 3 — 29:17
24. 24 - Chapter LV. Louis XV., the Philosophers, part 4 — 24:59

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