The French Revolution: A History. Volume 1: The Bastille (Version 2)

LibriVox recording of The French Revolution: A History. Volume 1: The Bastille (Version 2) by Thomas Carlyle. Read in English by Peter Dann Subtitled "The Bastille", Volume 1 of Thomas Carlyle's three volume "The French Revolution: A History" was first published in 1837, and covers the events of the French Revolution up to the forced move of Louis XVI from Versailles to Paris. While a modern listener not already familiar with the events described here may need some time to get their bearings amidst a sea of unfamiliar names and allusions, Carlyle's idiosyncratic yet justly famous present-tense