This series has three easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: One of the Most Notable Assemblies in the History of the
Rienzi’s Decline and Fall
This is the second half of Rienzi's Revolution In Romeour selection from The Close of the Middle Ages by Richard Lodge published in 1901.For
Rienzi’s Revolution In Rome
This series has two easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Power Corrupts Rienzi.IntroductionWhen for nearly forty years Rome had
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