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The Age of Napoleon Podcast
Hosted by Everett Rummage · EN
The Age of Napoleon is a history podcast about the life and career of Napoleon Bonaparte as well as the general context of Europe between the early eighteenth and early nineteenth century. It is about big trends and the grand sweep of history, as well as the smaller, individual stories that bring them to life.
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Episode 137: Spain on the Precipice
4w ago00:58:36Tap to summarizeLate 1809 saw disaster after disaster for the Spanish Patriots. The French were ascendant in Iberia, but the Empire was struggling with the expense of constant warfare, and Wellington was preparing to fight on, even without his Spanish allies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Episode 136: The Stumbling Colossus
Apr 100:58:04Tap to summarize1809 was another trying year for the Spanish Patriots. The will to resist remained strong, but the Spanish leadership seemed unable to come up with a winning strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Episode 135: A Bed of Roses
Mar 100:57:45Tap to summarizeThe spring and summer of 1810 saw Napoleon enjoying life as a newlywed. Bonaparte was happy, but there were ominous signs of trouble ahead. He himself would later admit the Empire was headed towards "the edge of the abyss." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Episode 134: By Gentler Means
Feb 1700:56:45Tap to summarizeNapoleon's search for a new wife eventually led to Vienna, where the new Austrian Foreign Minister, Klemens von Metternich, was preparing to take Austria in a new direction on the world stage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Prix Napoléon Special Episode
Jan 1600:36:43Tap to summarizeWe interview David Serero of the Festival Napoléon and get a special message from Will Clark of Grey History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Episode 133: Long Live America
Jan 101:02:19Tap to summarizeNews of the Abdications of Bayonne shook Spanish colonial societies to their foundations. Within a few years, the nations of South and Central America would be on the road to independence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Episode 132: The Old Master
Dec 101:05:48Tap to summarizeWe examine Spanish America on the eve of the Wars of Independence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Episode 131: The Sacrifice
Nov 101:02:48Tap to summarizeJosephine was the great love of Napoleon's life, but in late 1809, he had their marriage annulled -- how had it come to this? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Episode 130: The Heart of the Empire
Oct 100:56:18Tap to summarizeWe examine Napoleon's private life, with a special focus on the most important person in it: the charming and controversial Empress of the French, Josephine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Episode 129: I Am Charlemagne
Sep 101:07:05Tap to summarizeIn the summer of 1809, General Sir Arthur Wellesley led a small British army into Spain. While the war raged on, Napoleon was also picking a political fight with a powerful enemy: the Roman Catholic Church. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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