The Glory and the Sorrow
A Parisian and His World in the Age of the French Revolution
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What was it like to live through one of the most transformational periods in world history? In The Glory and the Sorrow, eminent historian Timothy Tackett answers this question through a masterful recreation of the world of Adrien Colson, a minor lawyer who lived in Paris at the end of the Old Regime and during the first eight years of the French Revolution.
Based on over a thousand letters written by Colson, this book vividly narrates everyday life for an "ordinary citizen" during extraordinary times, as well as the life of a neighborhood on a small street in central Paris. It explores the real, day-to-day experience of a revolution: not only the thrill, the joy, and the enthusiasm, but also the uncertainty, the confusion, the anxiety, and the disappointments. While Colson reported on major events such as the storming of the Bastille and the King's flight to Varennes, his correspondence underscores the extent to which the great majority of Parisians in no way anticipated the Revolution; the incessant circulation and power of rumors of impending disasters in Paris, not just in the summer of 1789 but continually throughout the Revolutionary decade; and how this affected popular psychology and behavior.
An evocative account of Colson's time and place, The Glory and the Sorrow is a compelling microhistory of Revolutionary France.
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The fifth in the new Naxos AudioBooks series "In a Nutshell", The French Revolution is a short and accessible introduction to one of the most important periods in European history. It brings vividly to life the implacable Robespierre, the frightened Marie Antoinette and the iconic image of the guillotine. But it also demonstrates the key role the Revolution played in the development of European politics.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well done!
- De Helen Drew en 03-02-18
De: Neil Wenborn
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Seven Ages of Paris
- De: Alistair Horne
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 20 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 203
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 176
With a keen eye for the telling anecdote and pivotal moment, he portrays an array of vivid incidents to show us how Paris endures through each age, is altered but always emerges more brilliant and beautiful than ever. The Seven Ages of Paris is a great historian's tribute to a city he loves and has spent a lifetime learning to know.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Very well researched, but difficult to follow
- De Aw en 05-23-19
De: Alistair Horne
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Phantom Terror
- Political Paranoia and the Creation of the Modern State, 1789 - 1848
- De: Adam Zamoyski
- Narrado por: Gildart Jackson
- Duración: 22 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 92
Phantom Terror explores this troubled, fascinating period, when politicians and cultural leaders from Edmund Burke to Mary Shelley were forced to choose sides and either support or resist the counterrevolutionary spirit embodied in the newly omnipotent central states. The turbulent political situation that coalesced during this era would lead directly to the revolutions of 1848 and to the collapse of order in World War I.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing
- De Mike Johnson en 07-14-15
De: Adam Zamoyski
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The Medici
- Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance
- De: Paul Strathern
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 16 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,575
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,369
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Against the background of an age that saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning, Paul Strathern explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family in Florence as well as the Italian Renaissance, which they did so much to sponsor and encourage. Interwoven into the narrative are the lives of many of the great Renaissance artists with whom the Medici had dealings, including Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Donatello as well as scientists like Galileo and Pico della Mirandola.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Fun Story Bad History
- De Elizabeth Barrett en 05-09-16
De: Paul Strathern
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Eminence
- Cardinal Richelieu and the Rise of France
- De: Jean-Vincent Blanchard
- Narrado por: Mary Kane
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 46
Chief minister to King Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu was the architect of a new France in the 17th century, and the force behind the nation's rise as a European power. Among the first statesmen to clearly understand the necessity of a balance of powers, he was one of the early realist politicians, practicing in the wake of Niccol Machiavelli. Truly larger than life, he has captured the imagination of generations, both through his own story and through his portrayal as a ruthless political mastermind in Alexandre Dumas's classic The Three Musketeers.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great story boringly told
- De pete k en 09-19-16
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Amsterdam
- A History of the World's Most Liberal City
- De: Russell Shorto
- Narrado por: Russell Shorto
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 602
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 540
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 537
In this effortlessly erudite account, Russell Shorto traces the idiosyncratic evolution of Amsterdam, showing how such disparate elements as herring anatomy, naked Anabaptists parading through the streets, and an intimate gathering in a 16th-century wine-tasting room had a profound effect on Dutch - and world - history. Weaving in his own experiences of his adopted home, Shorto provides an ever-surprising, intellectually engaging story of Amsterdam from its golden age to the present.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth Reading - Highly Recommended
- De Whit B en 05-12-14
De: Russell Shorto
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French Revolution
- A Captivating Guide to the French Revolution, the Life of Marie Antoinette and the Impact Made by Napoleon Bonaparte
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Colin Fluxman, Duke Holm
- Duración: 5 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 52
Listen to this audiobook now if you want to learn more about the French Revolution! Includes two audiobooks in one.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A worthy read!
- De ThomasP en 05-16-20
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The French Revolution: A Captivating Guide to the Ten-Year Revolution in France and the Impact Made by Napoleon Bonaparte
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Colin Fluxman
- Duración: 3 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Few historical events are as greatly revered and entirely misunderstood as the French Revolution that began in 1789. The memory of this complicated and lengthy political, violent uprising has been generally painted in broad - and oversimplified - strokes. While the French Revolution was certainly centered around two lavish monarchs and an enlightened common class, there was so much more going on behind the scenes.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good, but in a Non-chronological Format.
- De Christian en 05-13-19
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The Black Russian
- De: Vladimir Alexandrov
- Narrado por: Peter Marinker
- Duración: 10 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 94
The Black Russian is the incredible story of Frederick Bruce Thomas, born in 1872 to former slaves who became prosperous farmers in Mississippi. After leaving the South and working as a waiter and valet in Chicago and Brooklyn, Frederick sought greater freedom in London, then crisscrossed Europe, and - in a highly unusual choice for a black American at the time - went to Russia in 1899. Because he found no color line there, Frederick made Moscow his home. He renamed himself Fyodor Fyodorovich Tomas, married twice, acquired a mistress, and took Russian citizenship.
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5 out of 5 stars
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US Born African Descendant 2 Russian Citizenship
- De Sheila Gibson en 03-14-15
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Rome
- De: Matthew Kneale
- Narrado por: Neil Gardner
- Duración: 12 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
Rome, the Eternal City. Today visitors can stand on bridges that Julius Caesar and Cicero crossed; walk around temples in the footsteps of emperors; visit churches from the earliest days of Christianity. This is all the more remarkable considering what the city has endured. It has been ravaged by fires, floods, earthquakes, and - most of all - by roving armies. Matthew Kneale uses seven of these crisis moments to create a powerful and captivating account of Rome’s extraordinary history. He paints portraits of the city before each assault, describing how Romans, both rich and poor, lived their everyday lives.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Lack of language skills an irritation
- De lmc en 07-16-18
De: Matthew Kneale
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The Pope Who Would Be King
- The Exile of Pius IX and the Emergence of Modern Europe
- De: David I. Kertzer
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 13 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 93
Only two years after Pope Pius IX’s election in 1846 had triggered great popular enthusiasm across Italy, the pope found himself a virtual prisoner in his own palace. The revolutions that swept through Europe and shook Rome threatened to end the popes’ thousand-year reign over the Papal States, if not the papacy itself. The resulting drama was rife with treachery, tragedy, and international power politics. David Kertzer, one of the world’s foremost experts on the history of Italy and the Vatican, brings this pivotal moment vividly to life.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Imbalanced and theologically confused
- De A. Moran en 06-18-19
De: David I. Kertzer
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The Black Count
- Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
- De: Tom Reiss
- Narrado por: Paul Michael
- Duración: 13 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,119
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,903
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,904
General Alex Dumas is a man almost unknown today, yet his story is strikingly familiar—because his son, the novelist Alexandre Dumas, used his larger-than-life feats as inspiration for such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The story behind the greatest novelist of all time
- De Melinda en 01-13-13
De: Tom Reiss
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Midnight at the Pera Palace
- The Birth of Modern Istanbul
- De: Charles King
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 12 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 197
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 173
At midnight, December 31, 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time ever, they had agreed to use a nationally unified calendar and clock. Yet in Istanbul - an ancient crossroads and Turkey's largest city - people were looking toward an uncertain future. Never purely Turkish, Istanbul was home to generations of Greeks, Armenians, and Jews, as well as Muslims.
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2 out of 5 stars
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INTERESTING SUBJECT - CONFUSED WRITING
- De The Louligan en 01-18-15
De: Charles King
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The Empire Must Die
- Russia's Revolutionary Collapse, 1900 - 1917
- De: Mikhail Zygar
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 22 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 77
The window between two equally stifling autocracies - the imperial family and the communists - was open only briefly, in the last couple of years of the 19th century until the end of WWI, by which time the revolution was in full fury. From the last years of Tolstoy until the death of the Tsar and his family, however, Russia experimented with liberalism and cultural openness. Novelists and playwrights blossomed and political ideas were swapped in coffee houses.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An excellent look at an interesting history.
- De brian en 06-22-18
De: Mikhail Zygar
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Pogrom
- Kishinev and the Tilt of History
- De: Steven J. Zipperstein
- Narrado por: Barry Abrams
- Duración: 6 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
So shattering were the aftereffects of Kishinev, the rampage that broke out in late-Tsarist Russia in April 1903, that one historian remarked that it was "nothing less than a prototype for the Holocaust itself." In three days of violence, 49 Jews were killed and 600 raped or wounded, while more than 1,000 Jewish-owned houses and stores were ransacked and destroyed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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good analysis of the 1903 event
- De John Newquist en 08-10-19
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For Liberty and Glory
- Washington, Lafayette, and Their Revolutions
- De: James R. Gaines
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 21 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 75
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On April 18, 1775, a riot over the price of flour broke out in the French city of Dijon. That night, across the Atlantic, Paul Revere mounted the fastest horse he could find and kicked it into a gallop. So began what have been called the "sister revolutions" of France and America. In a single, thrilling narrative, this audiobook tells the story of those revolutions and shows just how deeply intertwined they actually were.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent presentation
- De Hal en 08-20-12
De: James R. Gaines
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Between 1793 and 1794, thousands of French citizens were imprisoned and hundreds sent to the guillotine by a powerful dictatorship that claimed to be acting in the public interest. Only a few years earlier, revolutionaries had proclaimed a new era of tolerance, equal justice, and human rights. How and why did the French Revolution's lofty ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity descend into violence and terror?
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The Reign of Terror continues to fascinate scholars as one of the bloodiest periods in French history, when the Committee of Public Safety strove to defend the first Republic from its many enemies, creating a climate of fear and suspicion in revolutionary France. R. R. Palmer's fascinating narrative follows the Committee's deputies individually and collectively, recounting and assessing their tumultuous struggles in Paris and their repressive missions in the provinces.
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Three years ago, a Carnelian bead came into Catrine Jarman's temporary possession. River Kings sees her trace the path of this ancient piece of jewelry back to eighth-century Baghdad and India, discovering along the way that the Vikings' route was far more varied than we might think—that with them came people from the Middle East, and that the reason for this unexpected integration between the Eastern and Western worlds may well have been a slave trade running through the Silk Road, all the way to Britain.
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