1813 Alexander, Prussia and God Unite

1813 Alexander, Prussia and God Unite

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Trying to recover from defeat in 1812, Napoleon had enormous obstacles to overcome. But these were NOT obvious at the time, surprisingly to us, most of the great and the good expected Napoleon to win in 1813. Tsar Alexander had some very unusual motivations for a major head of state in the Europe of the time. These motivations, including the mysticisms of the day, are still fascinating. Swedenborg, Lavater, and S...

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1803 The End of Amiens

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 Mar 202528min

1803 Sebastiani and the failure of Peace of Amiens

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 Feb 202530min

Napoleon's American Dream and the Louisiana Purchase

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 Feb 202520min

The Peace of Amiens; an Experiment

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 Feb 202532min

1801 Pitt Absent; Napoleon Ascendent

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 Feb 202530min

1799 Bruix, Algeciras and the British Nightmare

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 Jan 202535min

1800; Marengo, Hohenlinden and the End of the 2nd Coalition

1800; Marengo, Hohenlinden and the End of the 2nd Coalition

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This covers the year 1800. We get Napoleon's first year as First Consul, and the two campaigns that drive Austria out of the 2nd Coaliti...

15 Jan 202542min

1799 Anglo Russian Invasion of Holland

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 Jan 202533min

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