Paris Commune Part 1: End of an Empire
Cover Image: Photograph of communards manning a barricade in Paris, March 18th, 1871.
Closing Theme: "La Varsovienne" performed by Catherine Ribeiro.
Decades of stability and prosperity in France come to an abrupt end when Emperor Napoleon III leads the nation into a conflict it was unprepared to fight. In the wake of this defeat, a new government takes power in Paris, promising to fight to the last.
