Books Fatal to Their Authors


Lu par LibriVox Volunteers

(4.1 étoiles; 4 critiques)

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) (5 hr 44 min)

Chapitres

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