1803 The End of Amiens
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Britain begins the war and many of the French banks teeter on the edge of destruction as a consequence. This episode covers the openin...
12 Maalis 202528min
1803 Sebastiani and the failure of Peace of Amiens
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We take a look at how the Napoleonic Wars broke out. Napoleon had a different understanding of the world situation than the Addington ...
26 Helmi 202530min
Napoleon's American Dream and the Louisiana Purchase
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Napoleon, from his bath, angrily threw a snuffbox at his brothers Joseph and Lucien. Worse, a lot of the nice warm bathwater splashed ou...
19 Helmi 202520min
The Peace of Amiens; an Experiment
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. A peace that leads to War? We look at the clash of realities from philosophical to practical questions of empire between France and Brit...
12 Helmi 202532min
1801 Pitt Absent; Napoleon Ascendent
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We are covering 1801. The 3 key issues are: Pitt resigns over catholic emancipation. He is replaced by his friend Addington. Pitt ...
5 Helmi 202530min
1799 Bruix, Algeciras and the British Nightmare
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. "I was between the devil and the deep sea." The Royal Navy's nightmare was that a powerful French fleet would break out of blockade and ...
29 Tammi 202535min
1800; Marengo, Hohenlinden and the End of the 2nd Coalition
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This covers the year 1800. We get Napoleon's first year as First Consul, and the two campaigns that drive Austria out of the 2nd Coaliti...
15 Tammi 202542min
1799 Anglo Russian Invasion of Holland
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. A rapidly thrown together expedition to the Batavian Republic in expelled by the French. And yet, there were key successes and innovatio...
1 Tammi 202533min
