Lives & Memoirs
Figaro: The Life of Beaumarchais
John Rivers
1922
11h 58m
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Watchmaker, spy, arms dealer, and author of the play that helped talk a monarchy off its throne. Beaumarchais argued his way into Versailles, ran secret money and guns to the American rebels, and forced The Marriage of Figaro onto the stage over the King's objection. Rivers follows one of the most improbable careers of the eighteenth century.
Inside this audiobook
34 chapters
- 1Preface5m
- 2Ch. I - In Which the Handsome Watchmaker Comes to Court13m
- 3Ch. II - Mme. Francquet and the First Marriage of Beaumarchais13m
- 4Ch. III - The Duel23m
- 5Ch. IV - Some Early Adventures of Beaumarchais16m
- 6Ch. V - An Adventure in Spain40m
- 7Ch. VI - In Old Madrid32m
- 8Ch. VII - The Story of the Beautiful Creole45m
- 9Ch. VIII - Beaumarchais in His Early Plays19m
- 10Ch. IX - Mme. Lévêque and the Second Marriage of Beaumarchais10m
- 11Ch. X - Beaumarchais at Law7m
- 12Ch. XI - Beaumarchais, the Mad Duke, and the Demi-Mondaine29m
- 13Ch. XII - Beaumarchais in Prison10m
- 14Ch. XIII - How "Louis XV Overthrew the Old Parlement and Fifteen Louis the New"38m
- 15Ch. XIV - How "Louis XV Overthrew the Old Parlement and Fifteen Louis the New" Continued29m
- 16Ch. XV - Concerning Mlle. Willermaula and the Third Marriage of Beaumarchais9m
- 17Ch. XVI - On Secret Service16m
- 18Ch. XVII - Beaumarchais and the Brigands of the Leichtenholtz17m
- 19XVIII - A Mysterious Affair22m
- 20XIX - "The Barber of Seville"54m
- 21XX - Beaumarchais and the Chevalier d'Éon22m
- 22XXI - The Rehabilitation of Beaumarchais7m
- 23XXII - Beaumarchais in Conflict with the Players14m
- 24XXIII - Beaumarchais Closes His Account12m
- 25XXIV - In Which Beaumarchais Discovers America27m
- 26XXV - Beaumarchais and Voltaire14m
- 27XXVI - About "The Marriage of Figaro"21m
- 28XXVII - "The Marriage of Figaro" - Part 123m
- 29XXVII - "The Marriage of Figaro" - Part 244m
- 30XXVIII - Beaumarchais and Mirabeau8m
- 31XXIX - The Tribulations of a Knight-Errant22m
- 32XXX - Tarare, and the Last Incarnation of Figaro15m
- 33XXXI - Beaumarchais and the Deluge31m
- 34XXXII - The Exile's Return, Last Years and Death11m
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