by cameron | Nov 13, 2008 | General
Victor Sheely again comes up with the goods – he sent me this link to a handful of Napoleon’s chess games. I just played through this game between Napoleon and Bertrand on St Helena in 1820 and it’s a SHOCKER. I’d always heard that Napoleon...
by cameron | Nov 13, 2008 | Napoleon news
No, not Barack Obama. Today I received the below letter today from Eric Weider, son of the late Ben Weider, advising me that his father’s wish was for J. David Markham to assume the role of President of the International Napoleonic Society. I’m sure...
by cameron | Nov 11, 2008 | video
One of our listeners, Victor Sheely, sent me a link to this song “Waterloo” by Florida-based heavy metal band Iced Earth. The video uses footage from Bondarchuk’s famous 1971 film “Waterloo” and if you are trying to work out the lyrics,...
by cameron | Nov 1, 2008 | competition
We have our first entry to our Napoleon competition as mentioned on episode #46! This entry is from Simon Walter from Duesseldorf who writes: My name’s Simon, I’m 20 years old and studying History and English in Duesseldorf (which is – of course...
by cameron | Oct 28, 2008 | Podcast, Premium Podcasts
Hi folks. As you’ll have seen in my last post, Ben Weider, President and Founder of the International Napoleonic Society, passed away on October 17, 2008. As Ben was a major influence in Napoleonic circles, a tireless promoter of the Emperor’s...
