The Midnight Carriage: What If Louis XVI Escaped Varennes and Averted the Terror?
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What if the French Revolution stopped before the terror? In this episode of Branching Point, hosted by Mateo Sterling, we audit the June night in 1791 when King Louis XVI attempted to flee Paris. We explore a counter-factual timeline where the royal family successfully reaches safety, creating a constitutional monarchy that avoids the guillotine, the Reign of Terror, and the entire Napoleonic era.
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