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)

Chapters

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