The Siècle History Podcast

A handsome prince yearning to be his own man as he moves from lover to lover. A woman slyly subverting gender roles to influence France from behind the scenes. An artist, mystic, and hopeless Romantic. A deaf sea-captain, sailing the world and fighting slavery. A... thrifter? Meet the incredibly large royal family of France's July Monarchy.

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The Siècle is joined by fellow French history podcasters Everett Rummage of Age of Napoleon and Will Clark of Grey History  to talk about the connections between France and the early United States.

Update: The transcript of this episode has now been published!

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Age of Napoleon

Grey History: The French Revolution and Napoleon

A video recording of this episode was also published on The Siècle's YouTube page as "What France should have learned from the United States".
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With unrest still bubbling on the streets of Paris, the center-left Party of Movement and the center-right Party of Movement struggle for control of the new July Monarchy.

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Check out the Battle Royale podcast, which is ranking all the French monarchs

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The Marquise de Saint-Fargeau tried to help Jules de Polignac flee France after the July Revolution. But who was this mysterious noblewoman? It seemed like a simple question...

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See a full annotated transcript of this episode: https://thesiecle.com/factcheck4
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The July Revolution may be done, but France isn't sure if it's done with revolution. As King Louis-Philippe and a band of squabbling politicians try to govern France, the people of Paris take to the streets to demand one thing above all else: the heads of Charles X's former ministers. Will Jules de Polignac and company meet their end at a guillotine — or at the hands of a lynch mob?

See a full annotated transcript of this episode: http://thesiecle.com/episode49/

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