1 hr 7 min
Episode 06: Q2-1793 - The Jacobin takeover The Napoleonic Quarterly
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1793. April, May, June. Three months in which a leading French general defects to the Allies... In Paris the game is up for the ruling Girondin faction as the sans-culottes and the Jacobins force them out… and revolt and insurrection erupts in the Vendee. This is episode six of the Napoleonic Quarterly – covering three months in which the Jacobins mount their takeover of the revolution.
[08:40] - David Andress on the Vendee
[21:43] - Marisa Linton on the downfall of the Brissotins
[37:14] - Philip Ball on Dumouriez's defection
Plus from [52:43] Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze size up the state of play at the end of this three-month period and look ahead to the big cliffhangers and question-marks as we head into the second half of 1793.
Help us produce more episodes by supporting the Napoleonic Quarterly on Patreon: patreon.com/napoleonicquarterly
1793. April, May, June. Three months in which a leading French general defects to the Allies... In Paris the game is up for the ruling Girondin faction as the sans-culottes and the Jacobins force them out… and revolt and insurrection erupts in the Vendee. This is episode six of the Napoleonic Quarterly – covering three months in which the Jacobins mount their takeover of the revolution.
[08:40] - David Andress on the Vendee
[21:43] - Marisa Linton on the downfall of the Brissotins
[37:14] - Philip Ball on Dumouriez's defection
Plus from [52:43] Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze size up the state of play at the end of this three-month period and look ahead to the big cliffhangers and question-marks as we head into the second half of 1793.
1 hr 7 min