Talleyrand in History Part 7; 1815-1830
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. “Talleyrand was in a black mood. All that he had achieved over the past eighteen months had been destroyed: the bloodless and amiable re...
21 Jan 43min
1815 The Hundred Days; Talleyrand in History Part 6
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. There is a commonplace, dismissive, reductive argument you will hear all the time. That napoleon stood no chance. Even if he had triump...
14 Jan 47min
1814 1815 Germany, ugh ; Talleyrand in History part 5
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Last episode we looked at France, Scandinavia and Italy. Italy was particularly fascinating, but we were bare able to scratch the surfac...
7 Jan 47min
1814, Is THIS What Peace Looks Like?
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Last episode we described how in Paris there was a party like atmosphere, the dreamy, giddy glow of it, how it sucked in the later arriva...
31 Des 202537min
1814 Allies take Paris; not quite Talleyrand in History Part 4
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The core of this entire messy situation was the evening of March 31st when Talleyrand and Tsar Alexander meet. This moment that everyon...
24 Des 202537min
The French Revolution Retold Through Fear
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. But you already covered the French Revolution? Why bring up events from 25 years prior to the narrative? Well, Actually, I’ve covered th...
17 Des 202529min
34, Satan, Salvation and Atheism; Elizabethan Era Part VI
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Elizabeth’s greatest domestic threat was the Puritans. Under Knox they quickly came to dominate Scotland. A Reindeer75 episode. Eliz...
13 Des 202528min
33 Grand Strategy; Elizabethan Era Part V; How many Spanish Armadas again?
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Grand Strategy in Elizabeth’s war with Spain. The Hawkins strategy turns out to be a winner. Spain has two more Armadas to throw at Eng...
12 Des 202523min
