Taking The Bastille – Alexandre Dumas – Book 10 – Volume 4, Part 3

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Taking the Bastille – Alexandre Dumas – Book 10 – Volume 4 Part 3 Title Taking the Bastille Overview This fourth volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins several years after the close of The Queen s Necklace It describes the events leading up to and including the storming of the Bastile Past plots of Count Balsamo aka Cogliostro to destroy the French monarchy is resurrected by the mysterious Dr Gilbert a student of Balsamo s occult arts and the Enlightenment philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau Considered by many critics to be a highlight of the Marie Antoinette Romances Dumas tells this quintessential story of the French Revolution through the lens of the people As Dumas writes The Bastile was the seal of feudalism on the brow of Paris the monument which had for five centuries weighed like an incubus on the breast of France a rock of Sisyphus Less confident than the Titan in her power France had never thought to throw it off Here history shows us the Titanic power that a people can wield Published 1853 List Readers Choice Collections The Marie Antoinette Romances Series Antoinette 17 Author Alexandre Dumas Translator Henry L Williams Genre Action amp Adventure Fiction Historical Fiction Episode Taking the Bastille – Alexandre Dumas – Book 10 – Volume 4 Part 3 Part 3 of 3 Length Part 2 34 16 Book 10 Length Book 8 29 59 Episodes 19 – 26 of 26 Predecessor The Queen s Necklace Successor The Countess of Charny Narrator John Van Stan Language English Rated Guidance Suggested Edition Unabridged Audiobook Keywords Alexandre Dumas Marie Antoinette Historical Fiction Suspense Espionage Political amp Thrillers Action amp Adventure Fiction Crime amp Mystery Fiction Fantastic Fiction Hashtags freeaudiobooks audiobook mustread readingbooks audiblebooks favoritebooks free booklist audible freeaudiobook AlexandreDumas MarieAntoinette HistoricalFiction Suspense Espionage Political amp Thrillers Action amp AdventureFiction Crime amp MysteryFiction FantasticFiction Credits All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain Wikipedia c Attribution-ShareAlike 3 0 Unported License WOMBO Dream John Van Stan — Send in a voice message https anchor fm free-audiobooks message Support this podcast https anchor fm free-audiobooks supportClick here to visit this podcast episode

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