Episode 43: Q3-1802 - Pushing the boundaries
1802. July… August… September… Three months in which Napoleon Bonaparte outmanoeuvres France’s Senate to move even closer to absolute power… In St Petersburg Russia’s new Tsar seems to have got over t...
1 Tammi 20251h 40min
Christmas special: Napoleonic Secret Santa!
Season's greetings to Quartermasters everywhere! This festive edition sees participants including Charles Esdaile and Alex Mikaberidze nominate, steal and veto Napoleon-themed presents from each other...
24 Joulu 20241h 27min
PHILIP DWYER on Napoleonic violence
Of all the biographies of Napoleon, Philip Dwyer's three-volume masterpiece is the one Charles Esdaile is the keenest on. Philip, who is Professor of History at the University of Newcastle in Australi...
30 Marras 202448min
Meet the Ottomans (w/ Michael Talbot)
The Ottomans played a critical role in the 1792-1815 period, but we haven't been paying too much attention to them - until now. The signing of a peace treaty with France is the hook for this bonus epi...
23 Marras 202447min
Episode 42: Q2-1802 - The plot against Toussaint
1802. January… February… March… Three months in which republican resistance on Saint-Domingue falters and the French commanders’ well-laid plans appear to be succeeding… France makes peace with the Ot...
13 Marras 20241h 29min
The NQ masterplan
It was always the plan that we would use this quieter period before the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars to ensure the podcast is firing on all cylinders before we hit 1805. With the help of many liste...
9 Marras 202446min
Are we getting battles all wrong? (w/Graeme Callister)
Dr Graeme Callister, Senior Lecturer in History and War Studies at York St John University, joins Clemens and Alex S to explore the nature and character of battle during the French Revolutionary and N...
31 Loka 20241h 5min
Q&A: The French Revolutionary Wars
As we've reached the Peace of Amiens it felt like a good time to pause and review the French Revolutionary Wars... Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze took questions from Quartermasters about a ...
23 Loka 20241h 13min
