The Gods are Athirst
Author(s): Anatole France, Mrs. Wilfrid (emilie) Jackson
Genre(s): Historical Fiction
Narrators: Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019), Bala, Sarah H., KHand, Jeandelfrio, Joseph Tabler, Anna Simon, Khaghbboommm, Lynne T, Tony Oliva, David Lawrence, Cathar Maiden, J. McDougall
Number of Chapters: 29
Length: 08 hours and 32 minutes
Language: English
The Gods Are Athirst (French: Les dieux ont soif, also translated as The Gods Are Thirsty or The Gods Will Have Blood) is a 1912 novel by Anatole France.
The story follows the young Parisian painter Évariste Gamelin, who rises speedily from his humble beginnings to a member of the Revolutionary Tribunal in the second and third year of the French Revolution. In brilliant prose, Anatole France describes how Évariste's idealism turns into fanaticism, and he allows more and more heads to roll and blood to flow, placing himself and those he loves into ever greater danger. - Summary by Wikipedia and Carolin