La Vendée: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

La Vendée, credited to Anthony Trollope, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of La Vendée by Anthony Trollope. Read in English by Terrance Callan. Trollope’s only historical novel is set during a rebellion against the Republic established by the French revolution. The rebellion occurred in the west of France, in a region called la Vendée, in 1793. The novel focuses on the leaders of the rebellion and their families – Cathelineau, de Lescure, Larochejaquelin – and to a lesser extent the leaders of the Republic, especially Robespierre. Without overlooking the hardships of war, the novel emphasizes the valor of the rebels and the terrible excesses of the Republic during the reign of terror. [Summary by Terrance Callan]

Recording facts

• Recording title: La Vendée
• Author credits: Anthony Trollope
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 35
• Listed recording duration: 19:11:14

Catalogue topics

• french revolution
• Royalists
• peasants
• reign of terror
• republicans
• aristocrats

Opening tracks: first 24 of 35

1. 01 - Volume I. Chapter I. The Poitevins — 26:52
2. 02 - Chapter II. St. Florent — 41:52
3. 03 - Chapter III. Durbellière — 38:16
4. 04 - Chapter IV. Cathelineau — 36:49
5. 05 - Chapter V. De Lescure — 24:57
6. 06 - Chapter VI. Recruiting — 47:53
7. 07 - Chapter VII. Sunday in the Bocage — 38:56
8. 08 - Chapter VIII. Agatha Larochejaquelin — 37:27
9. 09 - Chapter IX. Le Mouchoir Rouge — 38:02
10. 10 - Chapter X. The Bishop of Agra — 24:31
11. 11 - Volume II. Chapter I. Saumur — 34:42
12. 12 - Chapter II. Council of War — 32:08
13. 13 - Chapter III. Return to Durbellière — 40:37
14. 14 - Chapter IV. Michael Stein — 36:03
15. 15 - Chapter V. The Hospital of St. Laurent — 41:16
16. 16 - Chapter VI. Commissioners of the Republic — 30:36
17. 17 - Chapter VII. Battle of Amaillou — 34:02
18. 18 - Chapter VIII. Clisson — 40:53
19. 19 - Chapter IX. Santerre — 35:16
20. 20 - Chapter X. The Rescue — 27:48
21. 21 - Chapter XI. Annot Stein — 18:52
22. 22 - Chapter XII. Sentence of Death — 31:32
23. 23 - Volume III. Chapter I. Robespierre's Character — 27:36
24. 24 - Chapter II. Robespierre's Love — 32:23

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