
Reflections on the Revolution in France
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Narrated by:
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Bernard Mayes
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By:
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Edmund Burke
This famous treatise began as a letter to a young French friend who asked Edmund Burke’s opinion on whether France’s new ruling class would succeed in creating a better order. Doubtless the friend expected a favorable reply, but Burke was suspicious of certain tendencies of the Revolution from the start and perceived that the revolutionaries were actually subverting the true "social order". As a Christian - he was not a man of the Enlightenment - Burke knew religion to be man’s greatest good and established order to be a fundamental pillar of civilization.
Blending history with principle and graceful imagery with profound practical maxims, this book is one of the most influential political treatises in the history of the world. Said Russell Kirk, "The Reflections must be read by anyone who wishes to understand the great controversies of modern politics."
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797) became a member of Parliament in 1765. He championed the unpopular cause of Catholic emancipation and a great part of his career became dedicated to the problem of India. The French Revolution prompted one of his best-known works, Reflections on the Revolution in France.
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important political science piece
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Burke as an advocate for reform
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Great book - but why no Irish reader???
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Brilliant book
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Good clear reading of a great classic
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I like a lot of things about this narration; the reader interests a lot of the good humor that would otherwise be lost if you were reading this off of the page. My one big complaint is that none of the passages in Latin or French are translated. I speak neither language so this presents a bit of a problem for me. If the narrator didn't speak French either, I understand, but he could have just skipped those parts and saved us the time. If he doesn't understand French well enough to translate it, I doubt his pronunciation is good enough for people who do speak it to understand him. But that just may be my presumption.
I don't speak French
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A Sober Conservative and Scathing Reply
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Relevant 200+ years later
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Bernard Mayes
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Narration is truly fantastic - more of a performance than a reading of the book. It could be Burke himself
Incredible narration
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