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The Hero of the People A Historical Romance of Love, Liberty and Loyalty
By Alexandre Dumas
Length8h 24m
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Synopsis: The French Revolution had begun by the Taking of the Bastile by the people of Paris on the Fourteenth of July, 1789, but it seemed to have reached the high tide by King Louis XVI, with his Queen Marie Antoinette and others of the Royal Family, leaving Versailles, after some sanguinary rioting, for the Capital, Paris. But those who think, in such lulls of popular tempests, that all the mischief has blown over, make a mistake. Behind the men who make the first onset, are those who planned it and who wait for the rush to be made and, then, while others are tried or satisfied, glide into the crowds to stir them up. Mysterious agents of secret, fatal passions, they push on the movement from where it paused, and having urged it to its farthest limit, those who opened the way are horrified, at awakening to see that others attained the end. At the doorway of a wine saloon at Sevres by the bridge, over the Seine, a man was standing who had played the main part, though unseen, in the riots which compelled the Royal Family to renounce an attempt to escape out of the kingdom like many of their sycophants, and go from Versailles Palace to the Tuileries. This man was in the prime of life: he was dressed like a workingman, wearing velveteen breeches shielded by a leather apron with pockets such as shinglers wear to carry nails in, or blacksmith-farriers or locksmiths. His stockings were grey, and his shoes had brass buckles; on his head was a fur cap like a grenadier's cut in half or what is called nowadays an artillerist's busby. Grey locks came straggling from under its hair and mingled with shaggy eyebrows; they shaded large bulging eyes, keen and sharp, quick, with such rapid changes that it was hard to tell their true color. His nose was rather thick than medium, the lips full, the teeth white, and his complexion sunburnt.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length8 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 15, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE HERO OF THE PEOPLE.
16CHAPTER XV. THE MAN WITH THE MODEL.
2CHAPTER I. LOCKSMITH AND GUNSMITH.
17CHAPTER XVI. THE PORTRAIT OF CHARLES FIRST.
3CHAPTER II. THE THREE ODDITIES.
18CHAPTER XVII. THE KING ATTENDS TO PRIVATE MATTERS.
4CHAPTER III. THE UNDYING MAN.
19CHAPTER XVIII. THE KING ATTENDS TO PUBLIC MATTERS.
5CHAPTER IV. FATALITY.
20CHAPTER XIX. A LOVING QUEEN.
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6CHAPTER V. THE CANDLE OMEN.
21CHAPTER XX. WITHOUT HUSBAND—WITHOUT LOVER.
7CHAPTER VI. THE REVOLUTION IN THE COUNTRY.
22CHAPTER XXI. WHAT A CUT-OFF HEAD MAY COUNSEL.
8CHAPTER VII. THE ABDICATION IN A FARMHOUSE.
23CHAPTER XXII. THE SMILE AND THE NOD.
9CHAPTER VIII. ANOTHER BLOW.
24CHAPTER XXIII. THE ROYAL LOCKSMITH.
10CHAPTER IX. PITOU BECOMES A TACTICIAN.
25CHAPTER XXIV. HAPPY FAMILY.
11CHAPTER X. THE LOVER’S PARTING.
26CHAPTER XXV. DOWN AMONG THE DEAD
12CHAPTER XI. THE ROAD TO PARIS.
27CHAPTER XXVI. GAMAIN PROVES HE IS THE MASTER.
13CHAPTER XII. THE SPIRIT MATERIALIZED.
28CHAPTER XXVII. THE FRIEND OF THE FALLEN.
14CHAPTER XIII. HUSBAND AND WIFE.
29CHAPTER XXVIII. THE FIRST GUILLOTINE.
15CHAPTER XIV. IN SEARCH OF THEIR SON.
30CHAPTER XXIX. UNDER THE WINDOW.
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