Louis Philippe - A History of the French Revolution

Louis philippe was just emerging from childhood as the french revolution got going. His involvement would be limited because he had been enrolled as a colonel of dragoons. He joined the jacobin club in 17 90 when it was still simply the friends of the constitution, and most of the liberal nobility were members in good standing. When the girondins war on austria in april 17 92, louisphilippe was promoted to lieutenant general. As the french armies first advanced towards the netherlands and then retreated in early 17 93, louis philippe's father was back in paris wrestling with the most difficult decision of his life.