French Revolution
Hilaire Belloc
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Length 7 h
Chapters 36
First published 1915
“It is, for that matter, self-evident that if one community decides in one fashion, another, also sovereign, in the opposite fashion, both cannot be right. Reasoning men have also protested, and justly, against the conception that what a majority in numbers, or even (what is more compelling still) a unanimity of decision in a community may order, may not only be wrong but may be something which that community has no authority to order since, though it possesses a civil and temporal authority, it acts against that ultimate authority which is its own consciousness of right. Men may and do justly protest against the doctrine that a community is incapable of doing deliberate evil; it is as capable of such an action as is an individual. But men nowhere do or can deny that the community acting as it thinks right is ultimately sovereign: there is no alternative to so plain a truth.” - Hilaire Belloc
Chapters
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01 - Preface Read by Ray Clare 6:39
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02 - Chapter I The Political Theory of the Revolution Read by Ray Clare 14:35
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03 - Chapter I (concluded) Read by Ray Clare 15:46
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04 - Chapter II Rousseau Read by Ray Clare 13:47
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05 - Chapter III The Characters of the Revolution - King Louis XVI Read by Ray Clare 13:08
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06 - Chapter III The Characters of the Revolution - The Queen Read by Ray Clare 14:36
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07 - Chapter III The Characters of the Revolution - Mirabeau Read by Ray Clare 13:46
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08 - Chapter III The Characters of the Revolution - La Fayette - Dumouriez - Danton Read by Ray Clare 17:43
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09 - Chapter III The Characters of the Revolution - Carnot - Marat - Robespierre Read by Ray Clare 19:04
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10 - Chapter IV - The Phases of the Revolution - I Read by Ray Clare 11:03
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11 - Chapter IV (cont.) - The Phases of the Revolution - I Read by Ray Clare 14:32
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12 - Chapter IV (cont.) - The Phases of the Revolution - II Read by Ray Clare 7:05
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13 - Chapter IV (cont.) - The Phases of the Revolution - III Read by Ray Clare 10:54
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14- Chapter IV (cont.) - The Phases of the Revolution - IV Read by Ray Clare 9:17
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15- Chapter IV (cont.) - The Phases of the Revolution - IV Read by Ray Clare 9:20
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16 - Chapter IV (cont.) - The Phases of the Revolution - V Read by Ray Clare 13:28
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17 - Chapter IV (cont.) - The Phases of the Revolution - VI Read by Ray Clare 10:38
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18- Chapter IV (cont.) - The Phases of the Revolution - VI Read by Ray Clare 10:58
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19 - Chapter IV (concluded) - The Phases of the Revolution - VI Read by Ray Clare 8:28
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20 - Chapter V - The Military Aspect of the Revolution Read by Ray Clare 10:34
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21 - Chapter V (cont.) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution Read by Ray Clare 13:00
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22 - Chapter V (cont.) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution Read by Ray Clare 10:46
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23 - Chapter V (cont.) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution Read by Ray Clare 11:51
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24 - Chapter V (cont.) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution Read by Ray Clare 10:43
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25 - Chapter V (cont.) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution Read by Ray Clare 9:57
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26 - Chapter V (cont.) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution Read by Ray Clare 11:04
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27 - Chapter V (cont.) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution Read by Ray Clare 10:32
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28 - Chapter V (cont.) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution Read by Ray Clare 9:49
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29 - Chapter V (cont.) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution Read by Ray Clare 10:37
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30 - Chapter V (concluded) - The Military Aspect of the Revolution Read by Ray Clare 7:21
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31 - Chapter VI - The Revolution and the Catholic Church Read by Ray Clare 11:10
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32 - Chapter VI (cont.) - The Revolution and the Catholic Church Read by Ray Clare 10:26
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33- Chapter VI (cont.) - The Revolution and the Catholic Church Read by Ray Clare 10:38
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34- Chapter VI (cont.) - The Revolution and the Catholic Church Read by Ray Clare 11:03
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35- Chapter VI (cont.) - The Revolution and the Catholic Church Read by Ray Clare 12:17
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36- Chapter VI (concluded) - The Revolution and the Catholic Church Read by Ray Clare 13:03
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