Spain: The Lightning Rod that Attracted the Thunderbolt II
The Surrender at Bailén by José Casado del Alisal. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado. The Madrid Trap That day, news reached Bayonne of a bloody riot on May 2 in Madrid, the famous “Dos de Mayo” made notorious by Goya. Napoleon’s critics characterize his interview with the Spanish royal family as “the Bayonne Trap.” […]
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