The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 2: The Mesmerist's Victim: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 2: The Mesmerist's Victim, credited to Alexandre Dumas, 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 Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 2: The Mesmerist's Victim by Alexandre Dumas. (Translated by Henry L. Williams.) Read in English by John Van Stan This 2nd volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances continues the intrigues of "Balsamo, The Magician" and adds to them the schemes of philosophers and the stirrings of revolution. Balsamo (based on the real Count Alessandro di Cagliostro) carries on his occult tactics to weaponize the state secrets that he gained in the previous volume. A serious romance and illness takes root in the court of King Louis XV, convincing one of the leading philosophic minds of the era, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, that “the breath of heaven will blast an age and a monarchy.” - Summary by jvanstan

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 2: The Mesmerist's Victim
• Author credits: Alexandre Dumas
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 43
• Listed recording duration: 10:39:36

Catalogue topics

• Rousseau
• magic
• french revolution
• supernatural
• Marie Antoinette
• hypnotism
• reign of terror
• sorcery

Opening tracks: first 24 of 43

1. 01 - The Desperate Rescue — 17:40
2. 02 - The Field of the Dead — 17:05
3. 03 - The Restoration — 10:35
4. 04 - An Aerial Journey — 8:35
5. 05 - Suspicions — 18:25
6. 06 - What Gilbert Expected — 4:35
7. 07 - The Trap to Catch Philosophers — 10:01
8. 08 - The Little Trianon — 7:20
9. 09 - The Hunt — 8:15
10. 10 - A Seance of Mesmerism — 37:45
11. 11 - The Downfall and the Elevation — 8:00
12. 12 - Andrea in Favor — 16:15
13. 13 - Nicole is Valued Properly — 18:00
14. 14 - One Man's Meat is Another's Poison — 10:25
15. 15 - A Road to Premiership is not Strewn with Roses — 16:45
16. 16 - The Endless Law Suit — 22:30
17. 17 - The Secret Society Lodge — 28:15
18. 18 - The Innermost Circle — 23:10
19. 19 - Body and Soul — 28:49
20. 20 - The Diamond Collar — 20:50
21. 21 - The King's Private Supper-Party — 16:25
22. 22 - Presentiments — 18:05
23. 23 - Father and Daughter — 10:55
24. 24 - The Richelieu Elixir — 7:30

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