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Books Fatal to Their Authors

This is a collection of stories of authors who have lost their fortunes and sometimes their lives after writing a book. The liberty of a person's conscience was unknown in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; Why should a man be drawn and quartered for writing what we know is the truth? What must it have been like to have lived in that era. At the time it was dangerous to say that the earth went around the sun and many other theories were treated in the same way. (Summary by Michele Eaton)

Year of Publication: 1895Genres: Biography & Autobiography

Running Time: 05 hours 44 minutes 19 seconds(17 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Margaret Espaillat, Lynne T, Anna Simon

#	Chapter Name
	Preface To the Book Lover Anna Simon	9:56
	Chapter 1 Part 1 Theology Margaret Espaillat	15:08
	Chapter 1 Part 2 Margaret Espaillat	18:01
	Chapter 1 part 3 Margaret Espaillat	17:27
	Chapter 1 Part 4 Margaret Espaillat	11:37
	Chapter 2 Fanatics and Free-Thinkers Lynne T	23:37
	Chapter 3 Astrology, Alchemy and Magic Lynne T	23:19
	Chapter 4 Science and Philosophy Anna Simon	28:05
	Chapter 5 Part 1 History Jacob Paul Starr	17:21
	Chapter 5 Part 2 Jacob Paul Starr	18:26
	Chapter 6 Part 1 Politics and Statesmanship Ramon Escamilla	20:42
	Chapter 6 Part 2 Ramon Escamilla	21:00
	Chapter 7 Satire Rapunzelina	29:36
	Chapter 8 Poetry Lynne T	29:33
	Chapter 9 Drama and Romance Lynne T	13:55
	Chapter 10 Booksellers and Publishers Availle	32:36
	Chapter 11 Some Literary Martyrs Anna Simon	14:00