Episode 05: Q1-1793 - To kill a king

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Help us produce more episodes by supporting the Napoleonic Quarterly on Patreon: patreon.com/napoleonicquarterly 1793. January. February. March. Three months in which the French revolutionary wave finally breaks against the rock of the Austrian military at Neerwinden... the French declare war against Britain, the Netherlands and Spain... and a King loses his head to the guillotine. This is episode five of the Napoleonic Quarterly – covering three months in which the stakes are raised across Europe. [07:15] - Marisa Linton on the execution of Louis XVI [23:48] - Philip Ball on the Allied defeat at Neerwinden [41:18] - David Andress on the French declarations of war against Britain and Spain Plus Alexander Stevenson is joined by Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze throughout for analysis and expert summaries - and from [56:23] an assessment of the state of play on 31 March 1793.

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