[COMPLETE] Political History of France, 1789-1910 by M. Davis - dc

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The Political History of France, 1789-1910, by Muriel O. Davis

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This 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.)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/politicalhistory00davirich

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:
"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."
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"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."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
"End of The Political History of France, 1789-1910, by Muriel O. Davis."
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Filename: politicalhistory_##_davis_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. politicalhistory_01_davis_128kb.mp3)

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Last edited by pnagami on July 23rd, 2021, 5:41 am, edited 22 times in total.
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Barbara2 has kindly consented to DPL this project.

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MW coming up.

edit: Let me know if any changes are needed. Enjoy.
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Thank you, DaveC!

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Moving topic to Going Solo forum.
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Thank you, DaveC.

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Hi Barbara,

Section 1 is up:

20:30

https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/politicalhistory_01_davis_128kb.mp3

Thanks for taking this project on!

Pam
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"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

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"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

Robert Louis Stevenson
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pnagami wrote: May 18th, 2021, 7:32 am Hi Barbara,

Section 1 is up:

20:30

https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/politicalhistory_01_davis_128kb.mp3

Thanks for taking this project on!

Pam
So lucid! PL OK.

Best,

Barbara
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pnagami wrote: May 23rd, 2021, 6:40 am Hi Barbara,

Section 2 is up:

19:57

https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/politicalhistory_02_davis_128kb.mp3

My best,

Pam
PL OK. I'm getting quite tense...

Best,

Barbara
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pnagami wrote: May 27th, 2021, 7:02 am Hi Barbara,

Section 3 is up:

13:31

https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/politicalhistory_03_davis_128kb.mp3

My best,

Pam
Hi Pam, at 4:53 a phrase is missing - "which seen or heard of".

The cat has just crashed the computer - some sizzling and a smell of burning cable. Just mentioning it in case I'm offline for a while.

Best,

Barbara
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Thanks for all this! Sorry about the computer! Glad you like the book.

Will fix.

Pam
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Hi Barbara,

Section 3 is ready for Spot PL:

13:33

https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/politicalhistory_03_davis_128kb.mp3

My best,

Pam
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