by cameron | Mar 11, 2013 | Blog
One of Chrissy’s cousins just sent me this story in the Smithsonian Magazine that tells the story of how one man claimed he had plans to rescue Napoleon from St Helena… WITH A SUBMARINE. I’ve never heard it before so I thought I’d share it. In...
by cameron | Jan 23, 2013 | Blog
Well I spoke to JDM for the first time in a long time yesterday and we discussed doing a new podcast – about American politics. JDM was ranting about Obama’s inauguration and ending filibuster on Facebook and I thought it might make an interesting podcast....
by cameron | Dec 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/pandemics/2012/12/napoleon_march_to_russia_in_1812_typhus_spread_by_lice_was_more_powerful.single.html According to author Stephan Talty, Napoleon’s Grand Armee was defeated in Russia during the 1812 campaign, not...
by cameron | Dec 3, 2012 | Blog, Napoleon news
“I will blow up the Kremlin on the 22nd at three in the morning.” So wrote Napoleon in this coded letter dated October 20, 1812 and sold at auction this week for 187,500 euros ($233,800). It had been expected to fetch between 10,000 and 15,000 euros but...
by cameron | Sep 17, 2012 | Blog, video
Rod Steiger. Christopher Plummer. Orson Welles. Sergey Bondarchuk’s 1970 film WATERLOO may have flopped at the box office. It may have killed Stanley Kubrick’s chances of making his own Napoleon film. It may be flawed in many ways. Yet it is also wonderful...
by cameron | Sep 10, 2012 | Blog
David shot me a link to this recent interview he did on Russian television about Napoleon! It runs for 24 minutes and explores whether Napoleon was a hero or a villan. As you’d expect, David laid out the facts, clearly and simply. Unfortunately I can’t...
by cameron | Aug 16, 2012 | Napoleon news
Okay folks, to celebrate Napoleon’s birthday, I’m going to make you a promise – when the Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast Facebook page gets to 1000 likes, I will hold JDM down and FORCE him to record a new episode with me! Do we have a deal?? Now I know...
by cameron | Aug 16, 2012 | Napoleon news
To celebrate Napoleon’s 243rd birthday (August 15), I thought I’d bring you some of my favourite quotes from the man. Feel free to share yours in the comments section! “Death is nothing; but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”...
by cameron | Aug 14, 2012 | Napoleon news
ummm…. ok.
by cameron | Jul 10, 2012 | Napoleon news
Oh how the Brits love to poke fun at Napoleon! Two hundred years has not dampened their joy in pinching his cheeks. Via The Guardian: Last month, one of just a handful of letters written by Napoleon in the language of his arch-enemies and sent to De las Cases for...
