Lionel discusses the life of Rouget de Lisle, composer of the Marseillaise. Written in 1792 as a march to spur on the troops during the war with Austria, only later did it become the French national anthem. And did you know that the Marseillaise was banned by Napoleon?
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Caption 88 [fr]: à Paris, au cœur de Paris, aux Invalides. Caption 88 [en]: in Paris, in the heart of Paris, at the Invalides.