by cameron | Mar 13, 2008 | Podcast, Premium Podcasts
Let me start off by apologizing for my audio – it seems I had the wrong microphone on. Luckily I’m just the button pusher so the impact is small. 🙂 In today’s episode, David explains the range of options Napoleon considered after his abdication of 22...
by cameron | Feb 24, 2008 | Podcast, Premium Podcasts
Somehow we managed to get another entire episode just out of Joseph Fouche, Minister of Police, Duke of Otranto, and his machinations after Napoleon’s abdication to try to ensure his own position of power in post-Napoleonic France. We also talk about...
by cameron | Jan 31, 2008 | Podcast, Premium Podcasts
In this episode David explains the Machiavellian machinations of Joseph Fouche in the days after Waterloo; how Napoleon was trying to manage the destiny of the Empire from his bath; and the events leading up to Napoleon’s final abdication from the throne and...
by cameron | Jan 27, 2008 | Podcast, Premium Podcasts
First of all, let me wish you all a happy 2008 from David and myself. Second, please allow me to apologize – both for the delay in this episode of our little show as well as the audio problems with it. As I explain in the introduction to the show, there was a...
by cameron | Dec 13, 2007 | Podcast, Premium Podcasts
The Battle of Waterloo, along with the Battle of Wavre, was fought on 18 June 1815, and was Napoleon Bonaparte’s last battle. His defeat put a final end to his rule as Emperor of the French. It is probably one of the most famous battles in history. It has been...
by cameron | Dec 6, 2007 | Podcast, Premium Podcasts
On this episode we discuss the first two major battles of the 1815 Waterloo campaign – Quatre Bras (16 June) and Ligny (16 June). The Battle of Quatre Bras was fought near the strategic crossroads of Quatre Bras, Belgium, on 16 June 1815 between...
