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    In the Reign of Terror
    In the Reign of Terror
    In the Reign of Terror
    Audiobook11 minutes

    In the Reign of Terror

    Written by Anatole France

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    Anatole France (1844 - 1924) was a leading French poet and writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1921. "In the Reign of Terror" is a short story describing a daring spur of the moment escape by an aristocratic woman, when the mob appears at her door, seeking a neighbour who they wish to drag off to the guillotine.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateJun 30, 2014
    ISBN9781467682077
    In the Reign of Terror
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    Anatole France

    Anatole France (1844–1924) was one of the true greats of French letters and the winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature. The son of a bookseller, France was first published in 1869 and became famous with The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard. Elected as a member of the French Academy in 1896, France proved to be an ideal literary representative of his homeland until his death.

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