The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 5: The Countess of Charny: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 5: The Countess of Charny, 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 5: The Countess of Charny by Alexandre Dumas. (Translated by Henry L. Williams.) Read in English by John Van Stan This 5th volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins after the fall of the Bastille and the March on Versailles, which forced Louis XVI and his court to be escorted back to Paris. In Paris, political factions battle over the fate of the nation, the royal family, and anyone with royalist sympathies. Our heroes (like Ange Pitou) and our anti-heroes (like Gilbert) must navigate the blood-streaked landscape while keeping their necks out of the guillotine. All the while, the prophetic Balsamo urges on the revolution: "the quantity of blood which must be shed before the sun rises on the free world ... does not shake my conviction. I marched on, I march on, and on I shall march, overturning all that stands in my path, and saying to myself, in a calm voice, as I look around with a serene look: Woe to the obstacle, for this is the future which is coming!" - Summary by jvanstan

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 5: The Countess of Charny
• Author credits: Alexandre Dumas
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 32
• Listed recording duration: 7:52:03

Catalogue topics

• revolution
• France
• Occult
• famine
• execution
• free masons
• king louis xvi
• the terrors

Opening tracks: first 24 of 32

1. 01 - The New Men At The Wheel — 28:40
2. 02 - Gilbert's Candidate — 17:55
3. 03 - Powerful, Perhaps; Happy, Never — 38:35
4. 04 - The Foes Face-to-Face — 8:45
5. 05 - The Uninvited Visitors — 30:00
6. 06 - "The Country Is In Danger!" — 15:30
7. 07 - The Men From Marseilles — 6:50
8. 08 - The Friend In Need — 10:50
9. 09 - Charny On Guard — 12:35
10. 10 - Billet And Pitou — 12:30
11. 11 - In The Morning — 12:50
12. 12 - The First Massacre — 9:30
13. 13 - The Repulse — 14:00
14. 14 - The Last Of The Charnys — 21:35
15. 15 - The Blood-Stains — 16:21
16. 16 - The Widow — 21:11
17. 17 - What Andrea Wanted Of Gilbert — 11:10
18. 18 - The Assembly And The Commune — 10:36
19. 19 - Captain Beausire Appears Again — 12:10
20. 20 - The Emetic — 13:53
21. 21 - Beausire's Bravado — 11:16
22. 22 - Set Upon Dying — 22:05
23. 23 - The Death Of The Countess — 10:50
24. 24 - The Royal Martyr — 14:20

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