The Political History of France, 1789-1910 by Muriel O. Davis - MP3 Audiobook - Read by: Pamela Nagami
On the eve of the French Revolution, the government is crippled by financial mismanagement, ruled by a King "devoid of both ability and energy," and resented by a tax-oppressed peasantry and a rising middle class.
The Revolution escapes the control of its instigators and France is plunged into the Terror and international war. Enter Napoleon, a man with "an enormous capacity for work," who can "get to the root of a matter and master technicalities with great swiftness," but whose "vulgar desire for recognition leads to his country's downfall. Napoleon's successors, including his nephew, Louis Napoleon plunge France in 1870 into the disastrous Franco-Prussian War, and the anti-semitic mass hysteria of the Dreyfus case polarizes French society for over a decade.
The book ends in 1910 with France on the eve of WWI." - Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D. Genre(s): War & Military, Political Science, Modern (19th C) Language: English Read by: Pamela Nagami
Contents:
1 01 - Ch. 1: The Causes of the French Revolution, Pt. 1 - 20:30
2 02 - Ch. 1: The Causes of the French Revolution, Pt. 2 - 19:57
3 03 - Ch. 2: The Constituent Assembly, Pt. 1 - 13:33
4 04 - Ch. 2: The Constituent Assembly, Pt. 2 - 14:28
5 05 - Ch. 3: The Legislative Assembly, Pt. 1 - 15:51
6 06 - Ch. 3: The Legislative Assembly, Pt. 2 - 16:02
7 07 - Ch. 3: The Legislative Assembly, Pt. 3 - 14:11
8 08 - Ch. 4: The Directory, 1795-9, and the Consulate, down to the Peace of Amiens, Pt. 1 - 12:38
9 09 - Ch. 4: The Directory, 1795-9, and the Consulate, down to the Peace of Amiens, Pt. 2 - 11:28
10 10 - Ch. 5: From the Peace of Amiens to the Exile of Napoleon to Elba - 26:30
11 11 - Ch. 6: The Bourbon Restoration: 1814-24, Louis XVIII; 1824-30, Charles X - 25:24
12 12 - Ch. 7: Louis Philippe 1830-48: The Orléans Monarchy or the July Monarchy - 22:45
13 13 - Ch. 8: Louis Napoleon, President of the French Republic, 1848-52; Emperor of the French,... - 12:49
14 14 - Ch. 8: Louis Napoleon, President of the French Republic, 1848-52, Emperor of the French,... - 15:13
15 15 - Ch. 9: The History of the Third Republic down to 1910, Pt. 1 - 16:25
16 16 - Ch. 9: The History of the Third Republic down to 1910, Pt. 2 - 19:05
2 02 - Ch. 1: The Causes of the French Revolution, Pt. 2 - 19:57
3 03 - Ch. 2: The Constituent Assembly, Pt. 1 - 13:33
4 04 - Ch. 2: The Constituent Assembly, Pt. 2 - 14:28
5 05 - Ch. 3: The Legislative Assembly, Pt. 1 - 15:51
6 06 - Ch. 3: The Legislative Assembly, Pt. 2 - 16:02
7 07 - Ch. 3: The Legislative Assembly, Pt. 3 - 14:11
8 08 - Ch. 4: The Directory, 1795-9, and the Consulate, down to the Peace of Amiens, Pt. 1 - 12:38
9 09 - Ch. 4: The Directory, 1795-9, and the Consulate, down to the Peace of Amiens, Pt. 2 - 11:28
10 10 - Ch. 5: From the Peace of Amiens to the Exile of Napoleon to Elba - 26:30
11 11 - Ch. 6: The Bourbon Restoration: 1814-24, Louis XVIII; 1824-30, Charles X - 25:24
12 12 - Ch. 7: Louis Philippe 1830-48: The Orléans Monarchy or the July Monarchy - 22:45
13 13 - Ch. 8: Louis Napoleon, President of the French Republic, 1848-52; Emperor of the French,... - 12:49
14 14 - Ch. 8: Louis Napoleon, President of the French Republic, 1848-52, Emperor of the French,... - 15:13
15 15 - Ch. 9: The History of the Third Republic down to 1910, Pt. 1 - 16:25
16 16 - Ch. 9: The History of the Third Republic down to 1910, Pt. 2 - 19:05
