Qajari Persia; the Origins of the Great Game
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. A scientific expedition, led by Jean Bruguière and Guillaume Olivier. Now they truly were scientists, but they were also diplomats secre...
11 Feb 41min
Belgium is born; Talleyrand in History concluded
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. In a great triumph for France, and Talleyrand personally, Belgium is born. This is one of history's true ironies because of how the exis...
28 Jan 1h
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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 202529min
