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
Republican France Defies Europe – 7
Today's installment concludes Europe's First Battle Against Republican France,our selection by Alphonse M. L. Lamartine.If you have journeyed
Republican France Defies Europe – 6
This cry of the general, repeated by the nearest battalions, and taken up successively by the rest, created an immense clamor like the country herself
Republican France Defies Europe – 5
On their side the French did not behold without a feeling of dread this immense and hitherto invincible army silently advancing.Continuing Europe's
Republican France Defies Europe – 4
From this height Kellermann saw come in succession, from the white mist of the morning, and glitter in the sunshine, the countless Prussian