
Paris 1919
Six Months That Changed the World
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Suzanne Toren
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Critic reviews
"This book is a treasure." (Booklist)
"MacMillan's lucid prose brings her participants to colorful and quotable life, and the grand sweep of her narrative encompasses all the continents the peacemakers vainly carved up." (Publishers Weekly)
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Lots and Lots of Chapters
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Where does Paris 1919 rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
#1What did you like best about this story?
The author did a really good job of organizing the story and information.What does Suzanne Toren bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
She was able to convey incredulity, sarcasm etc with her intonation.Any additional comments?
The narrator did an astounding job. Really really superbBest book I've read in the past 2 or 3 years
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A boring subject made vivid.
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Shaping the "Modern World"
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Comprehensive account
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Best WW1 book duo!
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Very interestimg
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Surprisingly great
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Some reviewers have disliked the book's detail - but it was exactly the picturesque (and sometimes humourous) detail of a politico's personality or the power behind his throne that kept me listening past the dryer explanation of the redrawing of borders.
I liked Toren's narration of this nonfiction better than her voice for historical fiction. Although MacMillian isn't academic in tone, neither is she chatty or breezy, so Toren helps by lightening up the tone.
If you're tempted to try a Margaret MacMillian work to see why she sells so much history to average readers, this would be a good place to start. It's a listenable blend of social and political history.
accessible window on today's world
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First, the positives; the reader has a very pleasant voice, clear diction (with perhaps some sort of mild northeastern United States accent? I can't quite place it, though it's clearly not British), and an obvious knowledge of her material. She speaks French as well as English, and speaks it well (almost unheard of in an audible book containing many French locations and characters!) and seems, as far as I can tell, to do at least reasonably well with the many other languages that are involved in this epic work.
What is my problem with her? She sounds annoyed, irritated, and sarcastically judgmental almost all the time, throughout the entire 18+ hours. Goodness knows I can see why, practically everyone in the book is deeply annoying almost all the time, but it makes her very difficult to listen to. If you are listening to the book and some background noise blocks out the actual sense, so all you can hear is the tone of voice, you will notice that the reader sounds like she's chewing someone out in a coldly angry way. I found this hard to take, so be sure to listen to the audio sample, to see if it strikes you this way, and how bothersome it might be for you.
I would not listen to anything else read by her, in spite of her many good qualities.
Review of the reader only.
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