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The Age of Napoleon
- A History of European Civilization from 1789 to 1815: The Story of Civilization, Book 11
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 43 hrs and 59 mins
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Publisher's Summary
An engrossing volume on European civilization by Pulitzer Prize-winning historians Will and Ariel Durant.
The Age of Napoleon, the 11th 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, and 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; and 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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- Rowan Crouch
- 16-04-2020
An excellent broad and detailed study
This is a fantastic study of a man and an age. It is not a continuous story but still a very clever way of exploring history. It is long enough to get a fairly deep understanding of the period.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-02-2022
My man
Extremely informative and extremely exciting.
As a bonapartist I have ready many Napoleon books. I have learnt much more in this book, not just on the man, but on this time, the people and the surroundings and circumstances bestowed upon him.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-09-2021
thank you Mr and Mrs Durant and all those involved
I knew very little History before listening to this series, that's no longer true. I teared up when listening about Louis Xvi and his note to his son., Johan Sabastian Bach note to his brother.
I would never have known about the immense knowledge that encompassed our past and I just hope that our present will have the same sparks of genius.
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- Omar Shubeilat
- 06-03-2021
Vive L'Empereur
I just completed the Will Durant's story of civilization series and I'm really sad! I cannot believe it is over and there is no volume 12! this book is a must read if you are a fan of history and Napoleon! I'm just in awe of this great person and the great french revolution!
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- Hreep
- 02-08-2021
typos/speaks
‘[chapter] 2, 1969-1995’ . . . really?
great reading, great book, but come on. we are in the 18th century folks
what other glaring errors lurk?
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