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    The Bastille: The French Revolution
    The Bastille: The French Revolution
    The Bastille: The French Revolution
    Audiobook11 hours

    The Bastille: The French Revolution

    Written by Thomas Carlyle

    Narrated by Robert Bethune

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    About this audiobook

    Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution is a landmark of literary history. Conceived not as a dry recounting of facts, but as a personal, vivid, direct and dramatic encounter with the turbulent times of revolutionary France, it is in fact an extended dramatic monologue in which we meet not only the striking personalities and events of the time, but the equally striking personality and mind of Thomas Carlyle himself.

    In this, the first volume of the series, we live out the course of the French Revolution, from the death of Louis XV to the triumphal celebrations of early days of the National Assembly.

    Thomas Carlyle's writing is a true challenge to the reader and the listener. He does not write in the calm, objective, matter-of-fact style of a modern historian; quite the contrary! He writes as if he were there, a witness to history, passionately involved with the events that he makes unfold before our eyes. He gives his rare mastery of the outer reaches of the English language full scope, challenging us to grasp not only his complex thoughts, but his intricate manner of expressing them.

    Grappling with his mind and with the events of the Revolution at the same time is a powerful challenge for any reader or listener.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFreshwater Seas Audio
    Release dateAug 5, 2009
    ISBN9781933311487
    The Bastille: The French Revolution
    Author

    Thomas Carlyle

    Thomas Carlyle was a Victorian-era Scottish author, philosopher, and historian. Raised by a strict Calvinist family, Carlyle abandoned his career with the clergy in 1821 after losing his faith, focusing instead on writing. Carlyle went on to publish such noted works as Life of Schiller, Sartor Resartus—which was inspired by his crisis of faith, and The French Revolution, and became one of the most prominent writers of his day. Carlyle’s later works included Heroes and Hero-Worship and Frederick the Great. Carlyle passed away in 1881.

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    • 5/5
      Excellent narration of events. Carlyle brings the era back to life gives the reader a tour of the Revolution as if watching it unfold in fast motion.