36. Apples of Caernarvon. Early Modern Economic Fallacies Part 1

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The focus is on Nelson's great victory, but we also cover the Battle of the Pyramids, the Siege of Acre and the Battle of Mount Tabor. T...

30 Okt 202435min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This covers most of the colonial wars with the French and Dutch during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. You get a cumulative eff...

16 Okt 202420min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The 1797 mutinies went hand in hand with financial crisis. This was the most dangerous period for Britain and the miracle during the Fre...

9 Okt 202428min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The new French and Spanish alliance is ascendant in the Mediterranean. The strategic move the Spanish make is more dictated by the roya...

25 Sep 202430min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We cover some of the heroic events that increased pride and self confidence of the Royal Navy: Pellew's defeat of a 74 with 2 frigates a...

11 Sep 202438min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This looks at the Glorious First of June campaign, covering all the engagements with extra attention to the 1st of June Was it a Frenc...

28 Aug 202437min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. 1793 is a year of opportunities thrown away. The allies dominate the poorly disciplined French army, but waste the summer in pointless s...

14 Aug 202425min

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This covers the first year of the War of the First Coalition, which ends with the "homicidal philanthropy of France." Brunswick's invasi...

7 Aug 202419min