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The French Revolution: A Short History

Johnston, R. M.

Read by Beth Thomas, Pamela Nagami, Michael Fassio, Ariphron, Richard Auty, Lincoln Peterson, KHand and Sonia · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Chapters

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00 - Preface (1:37)
01 - The Perspective of the French Revolution (14:27)
02 - Versailles (18:11)
03 - Economic Crisis (12:46)
04 - Convocation of the States General (24:29)
05 - France comes to Versailles (25:05)
06 - From Versailles to Paris (25:40)
07 - The Assembly Demolishes Privilege (22:02)
08 - The Flight to Varennes (23:09)
09 - War Breaks Out (20:20)
10 - The Massacres (22:52)
11 - Ending the Monarchy (18:42)
12 - The Fall of the Gironde (21:37)
13 - The Reign of Terror (21:44)
14 - Thermidor (25:08)
15 - The Last Days of the Convention (20:19)
16 - The Directoire (27:17)
17 - Art and Literature (21:28)

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