by cameron | Feb 24, 2011 | Napoleon news
Via Luxist: It was one of the most ambitious projects the world had ever seen. After taking command of the Egyptian campaign around the turn of the 19th century, Napoleon gathered a staff of France’s top scientists, artists, explorers and others to undertake a...
by cameron | Feb 11, 2011 | Podcast, Premium Podcasts
Welcome back! I know, I know, it’s been 8 months since our last podcast. Sorry folks. On this episode, our special guest is again Nicholas Stark, a 20-year-old wunderkind who David and I first met in Paris back in 2008, and who is studying at West Chester...
by cameron | Dec 2, 2010 | Napoleon news
I’m a bit slow off the mark with this news – amazed it didn’t come up in my feeds – but a big thanks to listener Ken Richards who posted the new to our comments section: Napoleon heads for Melbourne – 2012 Raymond Gill – The Age September 23,...
by cameron | Aug 11, 2010 | Podcast, Premium Podcasts
And once again we are fortunate to have Nicholas Stark back on the show to finish our series on Napoleon and Haiti. Today we focus on the claims that Napoleon directly ordered atrocities to be committed in Haiti. Did Napoleon, as Claude Ribbe claims, invent the gas...
by cameron | Jul 30, 2010 | Podcast, Premium Podcasts
We’re back with Nicholas Stark to discuss St. Domingo / Haiti and Napoleon’s reinstitution of slavery in 1802. Was Toussaint L’Overture really a “saint” (his name translates as “all saints” or “all souls opening”)?...
by cameron | Jul 23, 2010 | Podcast, Premium Podcasts
WELCOME BACK! I know – it’s been a long, long…. long time! But we are glad to be back! On this episode, our special guest is Nicholas Stark, a 19-year-old wunderkind who David and I first met in Paris back in 2008. Nicholas is an undergraduate at...
by cameron | May 31, 2010 | Napoleon news
It may be distasteful, but I just read this story in Time about the fate of Napoleon’s penis and thought it worth sharing here. According to Time: People have been fixated on Napoleon’s penis since Napoleon’s doctor allegedly cut it off during his...
by cameron | Mar 14, 2010 | books, Napoleon news, video
I recently interviewed Alison Castle about this Kubrick Napoleon book but I haven’t uploaded it yet, as I’m waiting to interview Jan Harlan. In the meantime, I hope you’ll enjoy this video.
by cameron | Mar 13, 2010 | books
I just discovered this terrific short online book by John Tarttelin that acknowledges that David and I have been saying for years – Napoleon’s wars against the other European powers were, for the most part, defensive. Read it here.
by cameron | Mar 12, 2010 | napoleon - cause of death, Napoleon news
Our own J. David Markham was recently interviewed on Australian radio regarding a lock of Napoleon’s hair recently found in Sydney’s town hall. Listen to David’s interview here!
