1804 recap: Imperial tensions
Our recap episodes, which offer a synthesis of our 1792-1804 coverage one year at a time, have reached 1804 - the year in which France gets an emperor once again, and Europe gets an imperial-sized pro...
7 Sep 53min
Scenes from a Napoleon movie (screenplay wrap-up, pt2/2)
It is with a mixture of great embarrassment at my own over-acting and guilt at such outrageous self-indulgence that I, Alex Stevenson, presenter of the Napoleonic Quarterly, provide you, the poor suff...
29 Aug 1h 20min
We wrote a Napoleon movie! (screenplay wrap-up pt1/2)
This mini-episode unveils the end product from our Napoleon movie discussions: an actual first draft of a screenplay which tells the story of Bonaparte's rise to power. It's now available on Patreon, ...
22 Aug 14min
1803 recap: Against the odds
Our recap episodes, which offer a synthesis of our 1792-1804 coverage one year at a time, have reached 1803 - a year in which peace between France and Britain collapses, and the cause of Haitian indep...
12 Aug 53min
1802 recap: Haiti's fight for freedom
Our recap episodes, which offer a synthesis of our 1792-1804 coverage one year at a time, have reached 1802 - a year in which the French mission to recapture Saint-Domingue combines deception and brut...
6 Aug 59min
1801 recap: Making war and making peace
Our recap episodes, which offer a synthesis of our 1792-1804 coverage one year at a time, have reached 1801 - a year in which Britain and France make peace, despite a widening canvas of war spreading ...
30 Jul 48min
Power without dignity: Napoleon's Brumaire sacrifice (screenplay plotting, mins 105-120)
In the eighth and final 15 minutes of our screenplay treatment, Napoleon really is trying to get this one last job done by completing the Brumaire coup. But his bid for his ultimate goal requires an u...
22 Jul 1h 1min
1800 recap: From Marengo to Moreau
Our recap episodes, which offer a synthesis of our 1792-1804 coverage one year at a time, have reached 1800 - a year in which Napoleon Bonaparte achieves one of his greatest victories to consolidate h...
18 Jul 38min
