Books Fatal to Their Authors


Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

(4.1 Sterne; 4 Bewertungen)

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)

Kapitel

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