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The French Revolution

Gelesen von Ray Clare

(4,521 Sterne; 48 Bewertungen)

“It is, for that matter, self-evident that if one community decides in one fashion, another, also sovereign, in the opposite fashion, both cannot be right. Reasoning men have also protested, and justly, against the conception that what a majority in numbers, or even (what is more compelling still) a unanimity of decision in a community may order, may not only be wrong but may be something which that community has no authority to order since, though it possesses a civil and temporal authority, it acts against that ultimate authority which is its own consciousness of right. Men may and do justly protest against the doctrine that a community is incapable of doing deliberate evil; it is as capable of such an action as is an individual. But men nowhere do or can deny that the community acting as it thinks right is ultimately sovereign: there is no alternative to so plain a truth.”
- Hilaire Belloc (6 hr 59 min)

Chapters

01 - Preface

6:39

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02 - Chapter I The Political Theory of the Revolution

14:35

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03 - Chapter I (concluded)

15:46

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04 - Chapter II Rousseau

13:47

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05 - Chapter III The Characters of the Revolution - King Louis XVI

13:08

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06 - Chapter III The Characters of the Revolution - The Queen

14:36

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07 - Chapter III The Characters of the Revolution - Mirabeau

13:46

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08 - Chapter III The Characters of the Revolution - La Fayette - Dumouriez - D…

17:43

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09 - Chapter III The Characters of the Revolution - Carnot - Marat - Robespierre

19:04

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10 - Chapter IV - The Phases of the Revolution - I

11:03

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11 - Chapter IV (cont.) - The Phases of the Revolution - I

14:32

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12 - Chapter IV (cont.) - The Phases of the Revolution - II

7:05

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13 - Chapter IV (cont.) - The Phases of the Revolution - III

10:54

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14- Chapter IV (cont.) - The Phases of the Revolution - IV

9:17

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15- Chapter IV (cont.) - The Phases of the Revolution - IV

9:20

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16 - Chapter IV (cont.) - The Phases of the Revolution - V

13:28

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17 - Chapter IV (cont.) - The Phases of the Revolution - VI

10:38

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18- Chapter IV (cont.) - The Phases of the Revolution - VI

10:58

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19 - Chapter IV (concluded) - The Phases of the Revolution - VI

8:28

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20 - Chapter V - The Military Aspect of the Revolution

10:34

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21 - Chapter V (cont.) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution

13:00

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22 - Chapter V (cont.) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution

10:46

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23 - Chapter V (cont.) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution

11:51

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24 - Chapter V (cont.) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution

10:43

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25 - Chapter V (cont.) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution

9:57

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26 - Chapter V (cont.) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution

11:04

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27 - Chapter V (cont.) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution

10:32

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28 - Chapter V (cont.) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution

9:49

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29 - Chapter V (cont.) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution

10:37

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30 - Chapter V (concluded) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution

7:21

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31 - Chapter VI - The Revolution and the Catholic Church

11:10

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32 - Chapter VI (cont.) - The Revolution and the Catholic Church

10:26

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33- Chapter VI (cont.) - The Revolution and the Catholic Church

10:38

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34- Chapter VI (cont.) - The Revolution and the Catholic Church

11:03

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35- Chapter VI (cont.) - The Revolution and the Catholic Church

12:17

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36- Chapter VI (concluded) - The Revolution and the Catholic Church

13:03

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Bewertungen

Ray Clare is a great reader!

(5 Sterne)

clear great enunciatiom and excellent commentary on french revolution

Good read

(4 Sterne)

Intriguing history of the French Revolution, with some interesting exploration of its military and religious dimensions. Good reader - would have been better to learn how to pronounce some French cities like “Lyons” or “Marseilles.” Minor issue. Thanks for bringing this inspired history alive.

Superb Historical Panorama

(5 Sterne)

Excellent overview with military and Catholic angles well covered.

Engaging and well read. Main focus on the church and state

(5 Sterne)

Belloc is a good story teller and Ray Clare does him justice. The only semi-gripe i have is that he is so stylistically similar to Chesterton in writing that it's confusing hearing Mr Clare's voice for Belloc among his many Chestertons on librivox.

Excellent analysis

(5 Sterne)

A sound, thoughtful, and nuanced analysis of the French Revolution.

the author seems to ramble on a few irrelevant topics

(2 Sterne)

good book well read

(5 Sterne)

good book well read