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The Age of Napoleon
The Story of Civilization (Book 11)
- Narrator
- Stefan Rudnicki
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 1 December 2015
- Run Time
- 44 hours 32 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
An engrossing volume on European civilization by Pulitzer Prize–winning historians Will and Ariel Durant
The Age of Napoleon, the eleventh and final volume of the Story of Civilization, surveys the amazing chain of events that wrenched Europe out of the Enlightenment and into the age of democracy. In this masterful work, listeners will encounter
the French Revolution—from the storming of the Bastille to the guillotining of the king; the revolution's leaders Danton, Desmoulins, Robespierre, Saint-Just—all cut down by the reign of terror they inaugurated; Napoleon's meteoric rise—from provincial Corsican military student to emperor and commander of the largest army in history; Napoleon's fall—his army's destruction in the snows of Russia, his exile to Elba, his escape and reconquest of the throne, and his ultimate defeat at Waterloo by the combined forces of Europe; the birth of Romanticism and the dawning of a new age of active democracy and a rising middle class, laying the foundation for a new era.Critics Review
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“[The Durants] are incapable of writing a dull book.”
Time
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“Their gifts are accuracy, clarity, and the organization of a huge amount of material into a lively narrative.”
Saturday Review
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“Carefully researched, beautifully written.”
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Details
- Author
- Will Durant, Ariel Durant
- Narrator
- Stefan Rudnicki
- Duration
- 44 hours 32 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 December 2015
- ISBN
- 9781504658164
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- General and world history, Social and cultural history, General and world history
Synopsis
An engrossing volume on European civilization by Pulitzer Prize–winning historians Will and Ariel DurantThe Age of Napoleon, the eleventh and final volume of the Story of Civilization, surveys the amazing chain of events that wrenched Europe out of the Enlightenment and into the age of democracy. In this masterful work, listeners will encounter the French Revolution—from the storming of the Bastille to the guillotining of the king; the revolution's leaders Danton, Desmoulins, Robespierre, Saint-Just—all cut down by the reign of terror they inaugurated; Napoleon's meteoric rise—from provincial Corsican military student to emperor and commander of the largest army in history; Napoleon's fall—his army's destruction in the snows of Russia, his exile to Elba, his escape and reconquest of the throne, and his ultimate defeat at Waterloo by the combined forces of Europe; the birth of Romanticism and the dawning of a new age of active democracy and a rising middle class, laying the foundation for a new era.
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