Thousands try to flee Toulon as the Republic’s armies advance. In the resulting chaos, scenes of misery and panic define the last hours of the siege. Historians paint starkly different pictures of these events, and the controversies are countless.
Desperate to receive additional support, the British searched in unexpected places. Unfortunately for London, French royalists were eager to respond. This episode extra explores the complications caused by Hood’s decision to embrace a policy...
Toulon’s Federalist Revolt! As the Federalist Revolts collapsed around them, the citizens of Toulon faced an unenviable choice: the Jacobins and the British. Their decision would shape the Republic, the Empire, and the entire history of Europe...
Toulon’s Federalist Revolt! Toulon turns to treason. Placing its hopes in the First Coalition, the French rebels found an alliance crippled by mistrust and division. With the allies focused on their own self-interests, the war with France was...
What were the demands of the Federalist Rebels? Were they even federalist in nature? In this Episode Extra for Community Members, we examine the manifesto of the Northern rebellion!
This Episode Extra explores Caen’s experience of the French Revolution, and seeks to understand why the Norman port rejected the Jacobinism of the capital despite some key similarities.
