by cameron | Jan 18, 2007 | General, napoleon - cause of death
A friend sent me this link to Yahoo News this morning. It seems that every year there is a new story from a research group somewhere saying they have the definitive answer on what Napoleon died from. As most of you will already know, David’s good friend Ben...
by cameron | Jan 7, 2007 | General
I discovered this album by accident this morning. It’s a shame more of these tracks aren’t available for download or I’d start putting them into the show. You can listen to short previews of each track though and download the one below for free....
by cameron | Dec 29, 2006 | Podcast
The twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt (older name: Auerstädt) were fought on October 14, 1806 on the plateau west of the river Saale in today’s Germany, between the forces of Napoleon I of France and Frederick William III of Prussia. The decisive defeat...
by cameron | Dec 2, 2006 | General
Today, 2 December 2006, is the 202nd anniversary of Napoleon’s Coronation as Emperor Of The French and the 200th anniversary of the Battle Of Austerlitz. Vive Le Empereur!
by cameron | Nov 29, 2006 | Podcast
The Battle of Austerlitz (also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors) was a major engagement in the Napoleonic Wars during the War of the Third Coalition. It was fought on December 2, 1805 about four miles (6.4 km) east of the modern Czech town of Brno, then part...
by cameron | Nov 10, 2006 | Images
Cameron, Barbara, David Originally uploaded by cameronreilly.
by cameron | Nov 9, 2006 | General
On the last show I briefly mentioned that I had read about various banking families of Europe who profited from the Napoleonic Wars. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about the Rothschild Family: The basis for the Rothschild fortune was laid during the latter...
by cameron | Nov 9, 2006 | Images
Cameron & David 2 Originally uploaded by cameronreilly. Here’s a snap of David and I after our recording session in San Francisco, November 2006.
by cameron | Nov 7, 2006 | General
Has anyone seen The Campaigns of Napoleon DVD pack? It looks like it came out a few months ago but there don’t seem to be any reviews for it on Amazon.
by cameron | Nov 7, 2006 | Podcast
This episode is pretty special – David and I recorded it sitting together, in the same hotel room, same city, same country and, as David likes to point out, on the same day (usually we’re in completely different timezones). As we were both in a strange city...
