Prix Napoléon Special Episode
We interview David Serero of the Festival Napoléon and get a special message from Will Clark of Grey History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
16 Jan 36min
Episode 133: Long Live America
News of the Abdications of Bayonne shook Spanish colonial societies to their foundations. Within a few years, the nations of South and Central America would be on the road to independence. Learn m...
1 Jan 1h 2min
Episode 132: The Old Master
We examine Spanish America on the eve of the Wars of Independence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 Dec 20251h 5min
Episode 131: The Sacrifice
Josephine was the great love of Napoleon's life, but in late 1809, he had their marriage annulled -- how had it come to this? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 Nov 20251h 2min
Episode 130: The Heart of the Empire
We examine Napoleon's private life, with a special focus on the most important person in it: the charming and controversial Empress of the French, Josephine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
1 Okt 202556min
Episode 129: I Am Charlemagne
In the summer of 1809, General Sir Arthur Wellesley led a small British army into Spain. While the war raged on, Napoleon was also picking a political fight with a powerful enemy: the Roman Catholic C...
1 Sep 20251h 7min
Episode 128: To Conquer a Throne
Iberia, 1809: the Aragonese capital of Zaragoza was under siege once again. To the west, the French prepared another invasion of Portugal. Meanwhile, in London, the British leadership debated a renewe...
1 Aug 20251h 9min
Episode 127: The Liberators
Throughout 1809, small groups of brave (or foolish) German patriots tried to stir up nationalist uprisings against France. Meanwhile, in Iberia, a very ugly war dragged on with no end in sight. Le...
1 Juli 20251h 6min
