by cameron | Apr 2, 2006 | General
David was interviewed recently by The Observer newspaper in the UK about the upcoming films on Napoleon’s friendship on St Helena with Betsy Balcombe. Unfortunately the article doesn’t mention our friend Staton Rabin, who wrote a book on the friendship...
by cameron | Mar 30, 2006 | Podcast
In Episode #3 of Napoleon 101, we pick up where we left last time – Napoleon has just won the Battle of Toulon and is made a Brigadier General. He is 24. This brings us to 1794 and the events of the month of Thermidor (July in the revolutionary calendar)....
by cameron | Mar 6, 2006 | General
I’m going to set up links to Google Maps of Napoleonic sites as we journey through this show. For those of you not familiar with Europe, it might help to put some tales into context. So, in order to start the beginning, here’s a link to Napoleon’s...
by cameron | Feb 25, 2006 | Podcast
In Episode #2 of Napoleon 101, we start the story of Napoleon’s life with his birth in the town of Ajaccio on the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean. We then cover: The political environment of Corsica His father Carlo’s relationship with the...
by cameron | Feb 10, 2006 | General
Who reads Napoleonic literature? Sir Anthony O’Reilly, that’s who. Executive Chairman of Independent News and Media, Sir Tony has just written an excellent review of Adam Zamoyski’s “1812: Napoleon’s Fatal March On Moscow” for the...
by cameron | Feb 6, 2006 | Podcast
Welcome to the first episode of Napoleon 101! David and I are very excited about creating this show and the rest of the series. For this first episode, we thought we’d start by giving you a bit of a taste-tester. Before we get deep into the nitty-gritty of his...
by cameron | Jan 24, 2006 | General
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte? Why have more books been written about this man than anyone else in history apart from perhaps Jesus Christ? And why are so many people around the world fascinated with his story? Was he a tyrant? Was he, as Chateaubriand said,...
