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1792. July, August, September: three months in which the French win a surprising first victory at Valmy… A fevered atmosphere in Paris leads to the removal of the King and the founding of a Republic… And in eastern Europe Russia has its way with Poland with a disaster for King Stanislaus now in the offing. This is episode three of the Napoleonic Quarterly, in which the myth of the irresistible French revolutionary spirit on the battlefield has been well and truly born.
[05:28] - David Andress on the fevered atmosphere in Paris, the radicals' march on the Tuileries and the September Massacres
[20:43] - Rafe Blaufarb on the unexpected French victory against the Austrians and Prussians at Valmy
[37:00] - Adam Zamoyski on the disastrous consequences of the Russo-Polish War for Poland
Plus Alexander Stevenson is joined by Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze throughout for analysis and expert summaries - and from [48:31] an assessment of the state of play on 30 September 1792.
Help us produce more episodes by supporting the Napoleonic Quarterly on Patreon: patreon.com/napoleonicquarterly
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1792. July, August, September: three months in which the French win a surprising first victory at Valmy… A fevered atmosphere in Paris leads to the removal of the King and the founding of a Republic… And in eastern Europe Russia has its way with Poland with a disaster for King Stanislaus now in the offing. This is episode three of the Napoleonic Quarterly, in which the myth of the irresistible French revolutionary spirit on the battlefield has been well and truly born.
[05:28] - David Andress on the fevered atmosphere in Paris, the radicals' march on the Tuileries and the September Massacres
[20:43] - Rafe Blaufarb on the unexpected French victory against the Austrians and Prussians at Valmy
[37:00] - Adam Zamoyski on the disastrous consequences of the Russo-Polish War for Poland
Plus Alexander Stevenson is joined by Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze throughout for analysis and expert summaries - and from [48:31] an assessment of the state of play on 30 September 1792.
Help us produce more episodes by supporting the Napoleonic Quarterly on Patreon: patreon.com/napoleonicquarterly

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