Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty, credited to Imbert de Saint-Amand, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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

LibriVox recording of Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty, by Imbert de Saint-Amand. "Paris in 1792 is no longer what it was in 1789. In 1789, the old French society was still brilliant. The past endured beside the present. Neither names nor escutcheons, neither liveries nor places at court, had been suppressed. The aristocracy and the Revolution lived face to face. In 1792, the scene has changed." France was now on the verge of the Reign of Terror (la Terreur), the violent years following the Revolution, and this book chronicles the terrible period of French history which culminated in the proclamation: "Royalty is abolished in France. All public acts will be dated from the first year of the Republic. The seal of State will be inscribed with this motto: Republique française." (Summary by Ruth Golding, with quotations from the book itself)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty
• Author credits: Imbert de Saint-Amand
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 37
• Listed recording duration: 11:09:13

Catalogue topics

• history
• France
• Paris
• aristocracy
• nobility
• The Terror
• French Revolution
• guillotine

Opening tracks: first 24 of 37

1. 01 - Paris at the Beginning of 1792 — 19:11
2. 02 - Count de Fersen's Last Journey to Paris — 16:53
3. 03 - The Death of the Emperor Leopold — 15:50
4. 04 - The Death of Gustavus III — 21:16
5. 05 - The Beginnings of Madame Roland — 27:56
6. 06 - Madame Roland's Entrance on the Scene — 26:39
7. 07 - Marie Antoinette and Madame Roland — 23:03
8. 08 - Madame Roland at the Ministry of the Interior — 16:13
9. 09 - Dumouriez, Minister Of Foreign Affairs — 17:46
10. 10 - The Council of Ministers — 13:37
11. 11 - The Fête of the Swiss Of Chateauvieux — 30:09
12. 12 - The Declaration of War — 21:25
13. 13 - The Disbanding Of The Constitutional Guard — 19:33
14. 14 - The Sufferings of Louis XVI — 16:31
15. 15 - Roland's Dismissal from Office — 15:35
16. 16 - A Three Days' Ministry — 19:03
17. 17 - The Prologue to June Twentieth — 18:31
18. 18 - The Morning of June Twentieth — 22:38
19. 19 - The Invasion of the Tuileries — 23:26
20. 20 - Marie Antoinette on June Twentieth — 16:14
21. 21 - The Morrow of June Twentieth — 17:58
22. 22 - Lafayette in Paris — 19:09
23. 23 - The Lamourette Kiss — 15:29
24. 24 - The Fête of the Federation In 1792 — 20:25

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