The French Revolution Volume 1 the Bastille: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The French Revolution Volume 1 the Bastille, credited to Thomas Carlyle, 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 The French Revolution Volume 1 the Bastille by Thomas Carlyle. Read in English by shawnzhu; Stephen Marsh; Alan Weyman; Elliot Gage; Greg Golding; Jeremiah Sutherland; engineerdst; Lucretia B.; Lynne Thompson; Philippa; Khaghbboommm; Olga Byelova; jparedes2016; Jeff Allen; Am77; Anna Simon; Jeffrey Church; Elizabeth Buchanan; Eden Rea-Hedrick; J. McDougall The French Revolution: A History was written by the Scottish essayist, philosopher, and historian Thomas Carlyle. The three-volume work, first published in 1837 (with a revised edition in print by 1857), charts the course of the French Revolution from 1789 to the height of the Reign of Terror (1793–94) and culminates in 1795. A massive undertaking which draws together a wide variety of sources, Carlyle's history—despite the unusual style in which it is written—is considered to be an authoritative account of the early course of the Revolution. Volume 1 is titled 'The Bastille'

Recording facts

• Recording title: The French Revolution Volume 1 the Bastille
• Author credits: Thomas Carlyle
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 51
• Listed recording duration: 11:11:33

Catalogue topics

• freanch revolution

Opening tracks: first 24 of 51

1. 01 - 1.1.I Louis the Well-Beloved — 10:38
2. 02 - 1.1.II. Realised Ideals. — 20:28
3. 03 - 1.1.III. Viaticum. — 8:07
4. 04 - 1.1.IV. Louis the Unforgotten. — 18:50
5. 05 - 1.2.I. Astraea Redux. — 14:24
6. 06 - 1.2.II. Petition in Hieroglyphs. — 7:23
7. 07 - 1.2.III. Questionable. — 8:48
8. 08 - 1.2.IV. Maurepas. — 8:54
9. 09 - 1.2.V. Astraea Redux without Cash. — 8:44
10. 10 - 1.2.VI. Windbags. — 9:46
11. 11 - 1.2.VII. Contrat Social.. — 6:18
12. 12 - 1.2.VIII. Printed Paper. — 11:52
13. 13 - 1.3.I. Dishonoured Bills. — 11:56
14. 14 - 1.3.II. Controller Calonne. — 7:30
15. 15 - 1.3.III. The Notables. . — 19:29
16. 16 - 1.3.IV. Lomenie's Edicts. — 15:52
17. 17 - 1.3.V. Lomenie's Thunderbolts. — 12:19
18. 18 - 1.3.VI. Lomenie's Plots. — 12:08
19. 19 - 1.3.VII. Internecine. — 14:22
20. 20 - 1.3.VIII. Lomenie's Death-throes. — 21:35
21. 21 - 1.3.IX. Burial with Bonfire. — 9:19
22. 22 - 1.4.I. The Notables Again. — 11:21
23. 23 - 1.4.II. The Election. — 15:22
24. 24 - 1.4.III. Grown Electric. — 10:27

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