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Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 4: Taking the Bastile

This 4th volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins several years after the close of "The Queen’s Necklace.” It describes the events leading up to and including the storming of the Bastile. Past plots of Count Balsamo (aka, Cogliostro) to destroy the French monarchy are resurrected by the mysterious Dr. Gilbert – a student of Balsamo’s occult arts and the Enlightenment philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Considered by many critics to be a highlight of the Marie Antoinette Romances, Dumas tells this quintessential story of the French Revolution through the lens of the people. As Dumas writes, “The Bastile was the seal of feudalism on the brow of Paris … the monument which had for five centuries weighed like an incubus on the breast of France—a rock of Sisyphus. Less confident than the Titan in her power, France had never thought to throw it off.” Here, history shows us the Titanic power that a people can wield! - Summary by jvanstan

Year of Publication: 1891Genres: Historical Fiction,Action & Adventure Fiction

Running Time: 08 hours 29 minutes 59 seconds(26 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: John Van Stan

#	Chapter Name
	The Son of Gilbert John Van Stan	12:35
	Ange Pitou John Van Stan	29:50
	A Revolutionary Farmer John Van Stan	21:30
	Long Legs Are Goord for Running, if Not for Dancing John Van Stan	26:25
	Why the Police Agent Came with the Constables John Van Stan	20:10
	On the Road John Van Stan	8:15
	The First Blood John Van Stan	17:25
	Pitou Discovers He is Brave John Van Stan	18:15
	"To the Bastile!" John Van Stan	19:00
	Blowing Hot and Cold John Van Stan	30:09
	The Prison Governor John Van Stan	30:15
	Storming the Bastile John Van Stan	30:40
	Down in the Dungeons John Van Stan	16:25
	The Triangle of Liberty John Van Stan	20:16
	The Young Visionary John Van Stan	6:55
	The Physician for the State John Van Stan	11:24
	The Countess of Charny John Van Stan	18:35
	The Queen at Bay John Van Stan	17:40
	The Queen's Favorite John Van Stan	30:50
	The Trio of Love John Van Stan	9:00
	The Queen and Her Master John Van Stan	20:20
	The Private Council John Van Stan	22:50
	Why the Queen Waited John Van Stan	21:20
	The Army of Women John Van Stan	17:10
	The Night of Horrors John Van Stan	17:55
	Billet's Sorrow John Van Stan	14:50