Figaro: The Life of Beaumarchais
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John Rivers
Beaumarchais – Watchmaker, music teacher, politician, opportunist, publisher, secret agent for Louis XVI, yet fomenter of revolution in both France and America – and yet again imprisoned for being an enemy of the Revolution. . . Friend of Voltaire, libertarian, arms dealer, and dramatist whose famous Figaro trio of satirical plays reflects the dissolution of Medieval society and torturous emergence of a new democratic era. This biography by John Rivers was originally published in 1922. (Summary by Lynette Caulkins) (11 hr 58 min)
Chapters
Ch. XIII - How "Louis XV Overthrew the Old Parlement and Fifteen Louis the New"
37:50
Read by Sarah Rothwell
Ch. XIV - How "Louis XV Overthrew the Old Parlement and Fifteen Louis the New" …
29:21
Read by Sarah Rothwell