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
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
