Perspectives in History

By Willem Conner

A podcast where I tell the story of lesser-known and or misunderstood events and people from history in a way that is hopefully as entertaining as it is informative. Formerly known as Historia Dramati... more

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November 01, 2025 Marquis de Lafayette Part 16: Counter-Revolution and Conspiracy
Once again restored to power in France, the House of Bourbon and their supporters work to reverse the enduring changes brought about by the revolution. Lafayette rallies his fellow liberals to oppose this reactionary agenda, but when legal methods of opposition prove ineffective, he is driven to increasingly seditious actions.
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Auricchio, Laura. The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered. Vintage Books, 2015.
Babeau, Emile and Maurice de la Fuye. The Apostle of Liberty: A Life of Lafayette. Thames and Hudson, 1956.
Duncan, Mike. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution. Hachette Book Group, 2021.
Israel, Jonathan. The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848. Princeton University Press, 2011.
Kramer, Lloyd S. Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an Age of Revolutions. University of North Carolina Press, 1996.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier. Memoirs, Correspondence, and Manuscripts of General Lafayette, vols 1-6. Saunders and Otley, 1837.
Schama, Simon. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
Unger, Harlow Giles. Lafayette. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2002.
Woodward, W.E. Lafayette. Farrar & Rinehart, 1938.
Cover Image: Portrait of Gilbert Motier the Marquis De Lafayette as a Lieutenant General, 1791. Painting by Joseph-Désiré Court, 1834.
Closing theme: "Ça Ira" (It will be fine)- popular song from the French Revolution.
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1h 9min
October 18, 2025 Marquis de Lafayette Part 15: The Fallen Eagle
In 1814, as Napoleon’s fortunes turn for the worse, Lafayette considers returning to politics. Unwilling to sit idle while the survival of the nation was at stake, he was determined to rekindle the flame of liberty- or at least to do what he could to avert a total catastrophe.
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Auricchio, Laura. The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered. Vintage Books, 2015.
Babeau, Emile and Maurice de la Fuye. The Apostle of Liberty: A Life of Lafayette. Thames and Hudson, 1956.
Duncan, Mike. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution. Hachette Book Group, 2021.
Israel, Jonathan. The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848. Princeton University Press, 2011.
Kramer, Lloyd S. Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an Age of Revolutions. University of North Carolina Press, 1996.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier. Memoirs, Correspondence, and Manuscripts of General Lafayette, vols 1-6. Saunders and Otley, 1837.
Schama, Simon. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
Unger, Harlow Giles. Lafayette. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2002.
Woodward, W.E. Lafayette. Farrar & Rinehart, 1938.
Cover Image: Portrait of Gilbert Motier the Marquis De Lafayette as a Lieutenant General, 1791. Painting by Joseph-Désiré Court, 1834.
Closing theme: "Ça Ira" (It will be fine)- popular song from the French Revolution.
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1h 2min
October 04, 2025 Marquis de Lafayette Part 14: Hero of a Bygone Age
Regaining his freedom after five years in prison, Lafayette emerges into a world irrevocably changed by the revolution he helped put into motion. Now considered a political liability by the governments of both France and the United States, and with war continuing to rage across Europe, his future appeared more uncertain than ever.
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Auricchio, Laura. The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered. Vintage Books, 2015.
Babeau, Emile and Maurice de la Fuye. The Apostle of Liberty: A Life of Lafayette. Thames and Hudson, 1956.
Duncan, Mike. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution. Hachette Book Group, 2021.
Israel, Jonathan. The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848. Princeton University Press, 2011.
Kramer, Lloyd S. Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an Age of Revolutions. University of North Carolina Press, 1996.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier. Memoirs, Correspondence, and Manuscripts of General Lafayette, vols 1-6. Saunders and Otley, 1837.
Schama, Simon. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
Unger, Harlow Giles. Lafayette. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2002.
Woodward, W.E. Lafayette. Farrar & Rinehart, 1938.
Cover Image: Portrait of Gilbert Motier the Marquis De Lafayette as a Lieutenant General, 1791. Painting by Joseph-Désiré Court, 1834.
Closing theme: "Ça Ira" (It will be fine)- popular song from the French Revolution.
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1h 47min
September 20, 2025 Marquis de Lafayette Part 13: Prisoner of State
Arrested by the Austrians after escaping political persecution in France, Lafayette is locked away in a dungeon for refusing to betray his ideals. While his family and friends, scattered across the world, do what they can to aid him, it becomes increasingly clear as time went on that his salvation would come from the same nation that had once scorned him.
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Auricchio, Laura. The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered. Vintage Books, 2015.
Babeau, Emile and Maurice de la Fuye. The Apostle of Liberty: A Life of Lafayette. Thames and Hudson, 1956.
Duncan, Mike. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution. Hachette Book Group, 2021.
Israel, Jonathan. The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848. Princeton University Press, 2011.
Kramer, Lloyd S. Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an Age of Revolutions. University of North Carolina Press, 1996.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier. Memoirs, Correspondence, and Manuscripts of General Lafayette, vols 1-6. Saunders and Otley, 1837.
Schama, Simon. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
Unger, Harlow Giles. Lafayette. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2002.
Woodward, W.E. Lafayette. Farrar & Rinehart, 1938.
Cover Image: Portrait of Gilbert Motier the Marquis De Lafayette as a Lieutenant General, 1791. Painting by Joseph-Désiré Court, 1834.
Closing theme: "Ça Ira" (It will be fine)- popular song from the French Revolution.
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1h 35min
September 06, 2025 Marquis de Lafayette Part 12: The World Turned Upside Down
Lafayette’s persistent efforts to save the French monarchy end in failure when Louis XVI is overthrown once and for all in August 1792. With his avowed enemies, the Jacobins, now in power and accusing him of betraying the revolution, the general is faced with the most difficult decision of his life.
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Auricchio, Laura. The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered. Vintage Books, 2015.
Babeau, Emile and Maurice de la Fuye. The Apostle of Liberty: A Life of Lafayette. Thames and Hudson, 1956.
Duncan, Mike. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution. Hachette Book Group, 2021.
Israel, Jonathan. The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848. Princeton University Press, 2011.
Kramer, Lloyd S. Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an Age of Revolutions. University of North Carolina Press, 1996.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier. Memoirs, Correspondence, and Manuscripts of General Lafayette, vols 1-6. Saunders and Otley, 1837.
Schama, Simon. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
Unger, Harlow Giles. Lafayette. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2002.
Woodward, W.E. Lafayette. Farrar & Rinehart, 1938.
Cover Image: Portrait of Gilbert Motier the Marquis De Lafayette as a Lieutenant General, 1791. Painting by Joseph-Désiré Court, 1834.
Closing theme: "Ça Ira" (It will be fine)- popular song from the French Revolution.
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1h 23min
January 25, 2025 Marquis de Lafayette Part 11: Fall from Grace
The king’s ill-fated attempt to flee the country causes anti-monarchist protests to break out in Paris, which Lafayette responds to with a heavy hand. After the subsequent massacre at the Champ de Mars leaves his reputation in tatters, the general attempts to make his exit from the political stage.
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Auricchio, Laura. The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered. Vintage Books, 2015.
Babeau, Emile and Maurice de la Fuye. The Apostle of Liberty: A Life of Lafayette. Thames and Hudson, 1956.
Duncan, Mike. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution. Hachette Book Group, 2021.
Israel, Jonathan. The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848. Princeton University Press, 2011.
Kramer, Lloyd S. Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an Age of Revolutions. University of North Carolina Press, 1996.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier. Memoirs, Correspondence, and Manuscripts of General Lafayette, vols 1-6. Saunders and Otley, 1837.
Schama, Simon. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
Unger, Harlow Giles. Lafayette. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2002.
Woodward, W.E. Lafayette. Farrar & Rinehart, 1938.
Cover Image: Portrait of Gilbert Motier the Marquis De Lafayette as a Lieutenant General, 1791. Painting by Joseph-Désiré Court, 1834.
Closing theme: "Ça Ira" (It will be fine)- popular song from the French Revolution.
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1h 17min
January 11, 2025 Marquis de Lafayette Part 10: Unity or Death
Lafayette stages a remarkable display of patriotism at a festival celebrating the one year anniversary of the revolution’s beginning. Having reached the ‘zenith of his influence,’ his political opponents on both the left and right grow increasingly wary of his ambition.
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Auricchio, Laura. The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered. Vintage Books, 2015.
Babeau, Emile and Maurice de la Fuye. The Apostle of Liberty: A Life of Lafayette. Thames and Hudson, 1956.
Duncan, Mike. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution. Hachette Book Group, 2021.
Israel, Jonathan. The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848. Princeton University Press, 2011.
Kramer, Lloyd S. Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an Age of Revolutions. University of North Carolina Press, 1996.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier. Memoirs, Correspondence, and Manuscripts of General Lafayette, vols 1-6. Saunders and Otley, 1837.
Schama, Simon. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
Unger, Harlow Giles. Lafayette. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2002.
Woodward, W.E. Lafayette. Farrar & Rinehart, 1938.
Cover Image: Portrait of Gilbert Motier the Marquis De Lafayette as a Lieutenant General, 1791. Painting by Joseph-Désiré Court, 1834.
Closing theme: "Ça Ira" (It will be fine)- popular song from the French Revolution.
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1h 10min
December 28, 2024 Marquis de Lafayette Part 9: Guardian Angel
Famine conditions in Paris and fears of counter-revolution prompt thousands of enraged civilians to march on Versailles. With the safety of the royal family threatened, Lafayette is compelled to intervene to avert a catastrophe.
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Auricchio, Laura. The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered. Vintage Books, 2015.
Babeau, Emile and Maurice de la Fuye. The Apostle of Liberty: A Life of Lafayette. Thames and Hudson, 1956.
Duncan, Mike. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution. Hachette Book Group, 2021.
Israel, Jonathan. The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848. Princeton University Press, 2011.
Kramer, Lloyd S. Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an Age of Revolutions. University of North Carolina Press, 1996.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier. Memoirs, Correspondence, and Manuscripts of General Lafayette, vols 1-6. Saunders and Otley, 1837.
Schama, Simon. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
Unger, Harlow Giles. Lafayette. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2002.
Woodward, W.E. Lafayette. Farrar & Rinehart, 1938.
Cover Image: Portrait of Gilbert Motier the Marquis De Lafayette as a Lieutenant General, 1791. Painting by Joseph-Désiré Court, 1834.
Closing theme: "Ça Ira" (It will be fine)- popular song from the French Revolution.
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53min
December 14, 2024 Marquis de Lafayette Part 8: Reigning in Paris
As the early stages of the French Revolution unfold on the streets of Paris, Lafayette’s new role as the commander of the National Guard forces him to maintain a delicate balancing act between the preservation of liberty and the restoration of public order.
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Auricchio, Laura. The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered. Vintage Books, 2015.
Babeau, Emile and Maurice de la Fuye. The Apostle of Liberty: A Life of Lafayette. Thames and Hudson, 1956.
Duncan, Mike. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution. Hachette Book Group, 2021.
Israel, Jonathan. The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848. Princeton University Press, 2011.
Kramer, Lloyd S. Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an Age of Revolutions. University of North Carolina Press, 1996.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier. Memoirs, Correspondence, and Manuscripts of General Lafayette, vols 1-6. Saunders and Otley, 1837.
Schama, Simon. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
Unger, Harlow Giles. Lafayette. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2002.
Woodward, W.E. Lafayette. Farrar & Rinehart, 1938.
Cover Image: Portrait of Gilbert Motier the Marquis De Lafayette as a Lieutenant General, 1791. Painting by Joseph-Désiré Court, 1834.
Closing theme: "Ça Ira" (It will be fine)- popular song from the French Revolution.
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1h 16min
November 30, 2024 Marquis de Lafayette Part 7: Divided Loyalties
When King Louis XVI is forced to take drastic measures to stave off financial collapse, Lafayette and other liberal-minded nobles hope to use the opportunity to push for much-needed reforms to France’s decrepit political structure. However, it quickly becomes apparent that the crisis facing the regime is more severe than previously thought.
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Auricchio, Laura. The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered. Vintage Books, 2015.
Babeau, Emile and Maurice de la Fuye. The Apostle of Liberty: A Life of Lafayette. Thames and Hudson, 1956.
Duncan, Mike. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution. Hachette Book Group, 2021.
Israel, Jonathan. The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848. Princeton University Press, 2011.
Schama, Simon. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
Unger, Harlow Giles. Lafayette. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2002.
Woodward, W.E. Lafayette. Farrar & Rinehart, 1938.
Cover Image: Portrait of Gilbert Motier the Marquis De Lafayette as a Lieutenant General, 1791. Painting by Joseph-Désiré Court, 1834.
Closing theme: "Ça Ira" (It will be fine)- popular song from the French Revolution.
...more
1h 30min

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