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Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/politicalhistory00davirichThis little book opens on the eve of the French Revolution. The government is crippled by financial mismanagement, ruled by a King who, in the author's words, is "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...and his inability to feel the sufferings of others" ultimately leads to his country's downfall. Davis then presents the careers of Napoleon's successors, including his nephew, Louis Napoleon who, scarcely better than an inept imposter, plunges France in 1870 into the disastrous Franco-Prussian War. In the wake of French defeat, the anti-semitic mass hysteria of the Dreyfus case polarizes French society for over a decade. The book, which was published in 1916, ends in 1910 with France, menaced by Germany, "on the eve of the greatest war the world has ever seen." (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)
Target completion date: 2021-12-01
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/War & Military; *Non-fiction/History/Modern (19th C); *Non-fiction/History/Modern (20th C); *Non-fiction/Political Science
Keywords that describe the book: French Revolution, Battle of Waterloo, Terror, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon III, Louis Philippe, Louis XVI, Battle of Austerlitz, Paris Commune, Third Republic
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
For the first section, say:
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:"Section (or Chapter) # of The Political History of France, 1789-1910. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "The Political History of France, 1789-1910, by Muriel O. Davis. Section Title."
End of recording:"Section (or Chapter) # of The Political History of France, by Muriel O. Davis. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of The Political History of France, 1789-1910, by Muriel O. Davis."
Filename: politicalhistory_##_davis_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. politicalhistory_01_davis_128kb.mp3)
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MC to select: craigdav1
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