The Revolutionary Ascent of a Gascon Horseman Born in 1767 to an innkeeper’s family in provincial France, Joachim Murat’s early […]
The Unstable Throne: Murat’s Precarious Position in 1813 By August 1813, Joachim Murat, the flamboyant King of Naples and Napoleon’s […]
The Weight of Command: Napoleon’s Impossible Orders As Napoleon departed Smorgonie in December 1812, he left Marshal Joachim Murat, King […]
The Gathering Storm: Europe on the Brink In the summer of 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte assembled the largest multinational army Europe […]
From Cavalry Commander to Throne: Murat’s Rise to Power Joachim Murat’s journey to the Neapolitan throne reads like a Napoleonic-era […]
A Marshal in Limbo: Murat’s Frustration at Bayonne In March 1808, Joachim Murat found himself in a peculiar position at […]
The Twilight of Prussian Power In the autumn of 1806, Prussia stood at a crossroads. For over two decades, the […]
The Twilight of Habsburg Dominance in Europe The early 19th century witnessed a seismic shift in European power dynamics. For […]
The Prelude to Conflict: Europe in 1805 The year 1805 marked a pivotal moment in the Napoleonic Wars, as the […]
From Gascony to the Battlefield: Murat’s Early Years Joachim Murat’s journey from a humble upbringing in Gascony to becoming one […]
From Revolutionary Soldier to Imperial Commander Joachim Murat’s ascent in the early 19th century epitomizes the turbulent era of Napoleonic […]
From Revolutionary Soldier to Imperial Commander Joachim Murat’s ascent in the early 19th century epitomizes the turbulent era of Napoleonic […]
From Humble Beginnings to Imperial Heights Joachim Murat’s journey from a provincial upbringing in La Bastide, France, to becoming one […]
From Humble Origins to Revolutionary Soldier Joachim Murat’s journey from provincial obscurity to the inner circle of Napoleonic power reads […]
The Call to Adventure: Murat Joins the Egyptian Expedition In March 1798, Joachim Murat, a rising star in Napoleon Bonaparte’s […]
From Provincial Roots to Revolutionary Battlefields Joachim Murat’s early life in provincial France gave little indication of the meteoric military […]
The Gascon Roots of a Future King Nestled among the vine-clad hills of southwestern France, the medieval town of Cahors […]
