#2 – Early life and military career

  In Episode #2 of Napoleon 101, we start the story of Napoleon’s life with his birth in the town of Ajaccio on the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean. We then cover: The political environment of Corsica His father Carlo’s relationship with the Corsican revolutionary Paoli Napoleon’s life at military boarding school from age 9 The French Revolution occurs in 1789 and Napoleon’s reaction to it In 1791 he returns to Corsica to play a role in its revolution In 1793 he splits with Paoli and has to escape Corsica with his entire family He then experiences more civil war at the battle of Avignon Writes the short story Le Souper de Beaucaire Finally, at age 24, he is the architect of the victory at Toulon! For his part he is promoted to Brigadier General In the next episode, we will start with the events of Thermidor and the infamous “whiff of grapeshot”! The post #2 – Early life and military career appeared first on Napoleon.