Citizens: The French Revolution - Simon Schama (1990) torrent

Category: History
Language: EnglishKeywords: French Revolution

Written by Simon Schama
Read by Frederick Davidson
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 32 Kbps
Unabridged

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Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution (Audiobook) by Simon Schama and Frederick Davidson (Unabridged)
English | 1990 | ISBN: 1455137677 | Duration: 37:00:00 | MP3 32 kbps | 505 MB

From one of the truly preeminent historians of our time, this is a landmark book chronicling the French Revolution. Simon Schama deftly refutes the contemporary notion that the French Revolution represented an uprising of the oppressed poor against a decadent aristocracy and corrupt court.

He argues instead that the revolution was born of a rift among the elite over the speed of progress toward modernity and science, social and economic change. Schama’s approach, weaving in and out of private and public lives in the fashion of a novel, brings us closer than we have ever been to the harrowing and seductive French Revolution.

This is a transfer from an old tape recording and thought 99% of it is fine there are a couple of ropey moments. Also Frederick Davidson is not everyone’s cup of tea as a reader sounding a bit like Kenneth Williams on LSD!!!

Enjoy and Seed!!