The Splendour and the scaffold
The Red Silhouette: The Fall of the Crown and the Birth of the Radical.By Marcus H Williams
Length57m
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The Red Silhouette: The Splendour and the Scaffold
The gilded age did not just fall; it was dragged, screaming, into the mud.
The French Revolution began with elegant dreams of liberty, but it quickly transformed into a high-octane drama of betrayal, madness, and the collapse of an entire civilization. In this first volume of The Red Silhouette, Marcus H. Williams guides you through the fatal decade where the old world’s ultimate splendour met the scaffold’s brutal truth.
This is the atmospheric, noir story of the human cost that built the birth of the radical. Experience the high drama, the high stakes, and the utter dissolution of the old order, from a Queen’s gilded final walk to the blood-soaked cobbles of Paris. Witness the unstoppable momentum of The Red Silhouette.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length57 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 22, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Unfinished Crown
5The Twelve Mile Rain
2A Doomed Alliance
6The Night of the Silver Coin
3The Necklace in the Grove
7The fever in the room
4The Powder in the Cellar
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