Citizens

Chronicle of the French Revolution

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In this New York Times best seller, award-winning author Simon Schama presents an ebullient country, vital and inventive, infatuated with novelty and technology - a strikingly fresh view of Louis XVI's France.

One of the great landmarks of modern history publishing, Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution is the most authoritative social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution ever produced.

Simon SchamaSara PowellAudible Studios

Europe

France

Military

French Revolution

Thought-Provoking

Middle Ages

Socialism

War

Imperialism

Europe France Military French Revolution Thought-Provoking Middle Ages Socialism War Imperialism

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The language is a lot more convoluted than History of Britain, which meant that the story was harder to stay engaged with.

Team that with the pauses for dramatic effect or sometimes even just an upcoming noun of the narrator and this was a lot less than I'd hoped it would be.

Re-listening might help the story so I'll try that, but it won't help the narration which I already had on x 1.2 just so the pauses were a bit more manageable.