Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul (w/ Alan Forrest)
What were Napoleon Bonaparte's biggest achievements during the Consulate period from 1799 to 1804? Prof Emeritus Alan Forrest of the University of York sizes up the greatest hits: ending the Revolutio...
22 Jan 20251h 11min
The Glorious First of June: Howe v Villaret-Joyeuse, 1 June 1794
Bernie Campbell is joined by Rachel Blackman-Rogers and Olivier Aranda for a deep dive - pun intended - into the Battle of the Glorious First of June and the first major fleet action of the French Rev...
15 Jan 20251h 8min
Hilary Mantel's A Place Of Greater Safety and the French Revolution (w/William Doyle)
(**spoiler alert below**)Hilary Mantel's novel A Place Of Greater Safety is, according to Oxford History of the French Revolution author William Doyle, one of the two greatest books about those turbul...
8 Jan 20251h 1min
Episode 43: Q3-1802 - Pushing the boundaries
1802. July… August… September… Three months in which Napoleon Bonaparte outmanoeuvres France’s Senate to move even closer to absolute power… In St Petersburg Russia’s new Tsar seems to have got over t...
1 Jan 20251h 40min
Christmas special: Napoleonic Secret Santa!
Season's greetings to Quartermasters everywhere! This festive edition sees participants including Charles Esdaile and Alex Mikaberidze nominate, steal and veto Napoleon-themed presents from each other...
24 Dec 20241h 27min
PHILIP DWYER on Napoleonic violence
Of all the biographies of Napoleon, Philip Dwyer's three-volume masterpiece is the one Charles Esdaile is the keenest on. Philip, who is Professor of History at the University of Newcastle in Australi...
30 Nov 202448min
Meet the Ottomans (w/ Michael Talbot)
The Ottomans played a critical role in the 1792-1815 period, but we haven't been paying too much attention to them - until now. The signing of a peace treaty with France is the hook for this bonus epi...
23 Nov 202447min
Episode 42: Q2-1802 - The plot against Toussaint
1802. January… February… March… Three months in which republican resistance on Saint-Domingue falters and the French commanders’ well-laid plans appear to be succeeding… France makes peace with the Ot...
13 Nov 20241h 29min
