Books Fatal to Their Authors


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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)

Capítulos

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