This series has seven easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: A Revolution Centuries in the Making.IntroductionIt was an event of
Barbary Coast Stronghold Falls
Today's installment concludes Franch Takes Algiers,our selection from The Tricolor on the Atlas: or, Algeria and the French Conquest by Francis
Franch Take Algiers
This series has two easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Barbary Pirate King Goes Too Far.IntroductionBy the capture of
Last Absolute Monarch Pauses on the Beach
Today's installment concludes Absolutism Ends in France,the name of our combined selection from Richard Lodge and Alphonse Lamartine. The concluding
Charles X Leaves Paris
He retained as escort only the bodyguards and the gendarmerie, with six pieces of cannon.Continuing Absolutism Ends in France,our selection from
Charles X Betrayed
Obeyed as a father but impotent and outraged as a king, Charles X, on the breaking up of his council, wrote that letter to the Duke of Orleans which
King Charles Versus Louis Phillip
The King placed such confidence in these treacherous professions that he confirmed the Duke's appointment and thus helped to drive his own supporters
Absolutism Ends in France
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Revolution of 1830.IntroductionAfter Napoleon was finally removed from