The Revolutionary Temper (Audiobook): Paris, 1748-1789

I don't typically leap to leave poor reviews, but in this case, I believe this is a Public Service Announcement: the French bits in the audio version is shockingly substandard. The author sources and cites original, archival documents written in French for the book yet for some bizarre reason, the media company responsible for the audio format decided a narrator without even a passable ability for French pronunciation was suitable.

A well researched and widely reviewed accounting of the French Revolution, one of, if not the most defining dethronments (arguably, gone awry) to embody the Enlightenment's influence across Western Europe. A topic of such historic magnitude deserves better than shoddy French, imo.

While I cannot recommend this audio edition, it isn't the book's flaw -- I do still intend to read it.

I don't typically leap to leave poor reviews, but in this case, I believe this is a Public Service Announcement: the French bits in the audio version are shockingly substandard. The author sources and cites original, archival documents written in French for the book yet for some bizarre reason, the media company responsible for the audio format decided a narrator without even a passable ability for French pronunciation was suitable.

A well researched and widely reviewed accounting of the French Revolution, one of, if not the most defining dethronments (arguably, gone awry) to embody the Enlightenment's influence across Western Europe. A topic of such historic magnitude deserves better than shoddy French, imo.

While I cannot recommend this audio edition, it isn't a reflection of the book -- I do still intend to read it.