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PODCAST. Completely to the west, the ex-king of Naples believes he is being welcomed as a liberator. He falls into a trap of the Austrians who have him shot.
By Frederic Lewino and Gwendoline Dos Santos
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On October 13, 1815, imprisoned in the castle of Pizzo, in Calabria, Joachim Murat wrote a letter by candlelight. He intended it for his wife, Napoleon’s sister. “Dear Caroline, my last hour has arrived, in a few moments, I will have ceased to live; in a few moments you will no longer have a husband. Never forget: my life was marred by no injustice. Farewell my Achille, farewell my Laetizia, farewell my Lucien, farewell my Louise; show yourselves to the world, worthy of me. I leave you without a kingdom and without goods, in the midst of my numerous enemies; be constantly united, show yourselves superior to misfortune, think of what you are and what you have been, and God will bless you. Don’t curse my memory. I declare that my greatest sorrow in the last moments…
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