Podcasts by The Age of Napoleon Podcast
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 86: Six Hours from 2022-02-01T01:28:01
Napoleon famously said that if he could control the English Channel for 6 hours, he would control the world. In 1805, the French navy launched an audacious plan to buy the Emperor his 6 hours. But ...
ListenEpisode 85: In the Hands of a Giant from 2021-12-31T04:51
The Battle of Austerlitz changed Europe forever. As news of his triumph reverberated across Europe, Napoleon began to redraw the map of the continent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...
ListenEpisode 84: The Battle of the Three Emperors from 2021-12-01T02:07:34
On the first anniversary of his coronation, Napoleon faced off against a powerful Coalition army. With France's strategic situation deteriorating by the hour, he formed an audacious plan to win the...
ListenEpisode 83: The Chase from 2021-10-31T21:00:46
Napoleon pursues a Coalition army through Austria. Masséna fights in Italy. Prussian neutrality finally ends. https://www.patreon.com/ageofnapoleonLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...
ListenEpisode 82: The Fortunes of War from 2021-09-30T22:35:56
A new coalition forms against France. Napoleon leads his new army into Germany in a stunning, lightning campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ListenEpisode 81: The Eagles of Boulogne from 2021-08-31T23:18:31
Napoleon brings his army to the Channel Coast and builds it into one of the most formidable war machines in military history. Meanwhile, talk of another anti-French Coalition begins to swirl in the...
ListenEpisode 80: The Crown of Charlemagne from 2021-07-25T19:51:48
On December 2nd, 1804, Napoleon crowned himself Emperor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ListenEpisode 79: The Eagle's Landing from 2021-06-10T23:37:26
We examine Napoleon's colonial policies, the tragic end of Toussaint Louverture, and the final act of the Haitian War of Independence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...
ListenEpisode 78: Free Haiti from 2021-04-23T23:38:17
After his victory over Britain, Toussaint Louverture began a new struggle: to build a new country out of the ruins of war and rebellion. Louverture had a bright vision for the future, but old divis...
ListenEpisode 77: The Symposium from 2021-04-01T00:07:46
A recording of a panel on Napoleonic podcasting from the 2021 Massena Society symposium on Napoleonic History. The Massena Society's YouTube channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/chan...
ListenEpisode 76: The Black Napoleon from 2021-03-03T03:17:48
As the war in Haiti rages on, Toussaint Louverture makes a fateful decision to leave his allies behind. We follow his development as a general as he forges his guerilla forces into a powerful, mode...
ListenEpisode 75: The Opening from 2021-01-31T18:07:02
As Haiti sinks deeper into chaos and tragedy, Toussaint begins his rise to leadership within the rebel movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ListenEpisode 74: The Age of Toussaint from 2020-12-23T04:05:55
Haiti was France's richest colony, but Europe's lust for sugar had created a barbaric and unstable social system in the colonies. We meet the man who would one day rise above this barbarism and bec...
ListenEpisode 73: The Blood of a King from 2020-10-11T01:34:20
In 1803, Britain sent a team of assassins against Napoleon. They failed, but the plot led to one of the most controversial episodes of Napoleon's career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod...
ListenEpisode 72: The Experiment from 2020-08-23T21:06:11
With the war over, France was finally becoming prosperous again. Napoleon contemplated what this would mean for his regime as he worked to reform the country. In many ways, the Consulate was a gold...
ListenEpisode 71: The Spoiled Child of Victory from 2020-07-29T22:36:13
France welcomes the Catholic Church back to the country in grand style, but the Concordat complicated Napoleon's relationship with staunch republicans in the army leadership. Learn more about your ...
ListenEpisode 70: Concord from 2020-07-08T02:15:45
Napoleon finally had his deal with the Vatican, but how would the Concordat of 1801 change France? What would it mean for the future of the revolution, and millions of alienated French Catholics? L...
ListenEpisode 69: God Save the Republic from 2020-06-15T22:21:21
Napoleon continues in his attempt to reconcile with conservatives. He finally manages to bring the Vatican to the negotiating table for an historic agreement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
ListenEpisode 68: The Eagle and the Owls from 2020-05-26T12:52
Napoleon wanted to bring social harmony to France, but to do that, he needed to resolve the bitter conflict between the Catholic Church and the revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...
ListenEpisode 67: Resistance is Pointless from 2020-05-06T02:34:25
A conclusion to our discussion of the Napoleonic Code, plus the fate of France's crown jewels, the legal opposition to Bonaparte's regime, and women's rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
ListenEpisode 66: Master of France from 2020-04-13T23:38:33
Bonaparte finally takes the last legal step towards dictatorship, and we begin a discussion of his most important legacy: the Napoleonic Code. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...
ListenEpisode 65: The Blank Slate from 2020-03-21T01:37:29
The Treaty of Amiens is greeted with celebrations around the world. With peace, Napoleon prepares to embark on an ambitious program of reform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoice...
ListenEpisode 64: The Last Treaty from 2020-02-27T00:18:43
After 8 years of war, Britain and France were finally on the road to peace, but reaching an agreement between such bitter rivals would be a long, arduous process. Fortunately, for both countries, a...
ListenEpisode 63: Definitive Peace from 2020-02-05T00:44:02
After their defeat at Hohenlinden, the Austrians return to the negotiating table, resulting in a treaty that threw the entire future of the Holy Roman Empire into doubt. We examine Prussian diploma...
ListenEpisode 62; The World Stage from 2020-01-17T01:51:39
The War of the 2nd Coalition is winding down, but in the cut-throat world of Napoleonic diplomacy, peace could often prove elusive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ListenEpisode 61: Triumph and Temptation from 2019-12-04T01:08:05
Horatio Nelson continues to build his reputation as one of the most brilliant sailors of the age, but as his fame grows, the dark side of Nelson's character threatens to undermine his achievements....
ListenEpisode 60: Do Much or Be Ruined from 2019-11-08T01:14:43
With the outbreak of war, Nelson vows to either make his career or destroy himself in the effort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ListenEpisode 59: That Great Little Man from 2019-10-19T00:06:12
We examine the early career of Horatio Nelson, one of Napoleon's ablest and most implacable opponents. Nelson had good connections and showed great promise, but his temperament endangered his caree...
ListenEpisode 58: Stalemate from 2019-09-28T23:23:29
Austria drops out of the war, leaving Britain to continue the struggle against France alone. Emperor Paul of Russia faces fierce opposition. The British navy gets itself into trouble in the Baltic....
ListenEpisode 57: The Infernal Machine from 2019-09-10T21:22
After Marengo, Napoleon's secret police did battle with violent radicals in the political underground, culminating in a brush with death on Christmas Eve, 1800. For the ad-free version of the show,...
ListenEpisode 56: The Fruits of Victory from 2019-08-26T20:01:32
Does the Battle of Marengo deserve its reputation as one of Napoleon's greatest victories? We analyze the battle and examine its chaotic aftermath. If you'd like to listen to the show ad-free, visi...
ListenEpisode 55: The Promise from 2019-08-08T22:05:50
Napoleon marches against the Austrians yet again, with the future of his new regime hanging in the balance. What followed was one of the most dramatic and consequential campaigns of the Napoleonic ...
ListenEpisode 54: The New Covenant from 2019-07-23T11:41:47
Napoleon outmaneuvers his rivals and forms a new government, then secures his position as dictator of France with an undemocratic referendum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....
ListenEpisode 53: Marx and the Coup with Matt Christman from 2019-07-07T20:28:53
Writer and political commentator Matt Christman returns for a conversation about the significance of the Coup of 18 Brumaire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ListenEpisode 52: The Morning After from 2019-06-23T18:04:13
We examine the aftermath and significance of the Coup of 18 Brumaire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ListenEpisode 51: The Sword of Brumaire from 2019-06-07T21:28:45
Napoleon makes a triumphant return to France, but finds the country no longer has any dire need of a military savior. Nonetheless, a plot was already underway in Paris that would soon culminate in ...
ListenEpisode 50: Egypt Epilogue with Derek Davison from 2019-05-21T21:52
Derek Davison returns to discuss Middle Eastern history in the wake of the French Expedition. Topics include: the remarkable reign of Muhammad Ali, army reform, orientalism, and a possible 20th-cen...
ListenEpisode 49: Meanwhile, in Europe from 2019-05-10T01:40:11
While Napoleon is away in Egypt, the revolution faces new struggles in Europe. Another coalition goes to war with France. One of history's greatest commanders faces off against the republic in Ital...
ListenEpisode 48: Leaving Egypt from 2019-04-23T00:26:09
Murat's cavalry secure another crushing victory over the Mamelukes, but news from France leads Napoleon to abandon the expedition (and his mistress), leaving General Kléber to pick up the pieces. W...
ListenEpisode 47: A Spectacle of Death from 2019-04-05T18:57:57
With the dream of an eastern empire collapsing, Bonaparte launches an invasion of Syria against enormous odds, leading to some of the darkest episodes of his early career. We meet Pauline Fourès, ...
ListenEpisode 46: The End of Illusion from 2019-03-21T19:13:23
The expedition's bad luck continues. The people of Egypt finally reach their breaking point. Cairo gets a taste of Napoleon's tyrannical side. Bonaparte receives a disturbing revelation about his p...
ListenEpisode 45: In Debt with Zachary Stoltzfus from 2019-03-06T23:21:29
A conversation about debt and property in revolutionary and Napoleonic France, and what's it's like to research late 18th and early 19th century French history Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
ListenEpisode 44: Ali Bonaparte from 2019-02-16T22:11
Relations between France and other great powers deteriorate. The Army of the Orient occupies Cairo, and the French immediately run into difficulties governing. Napoleon makes a major decision that...
ListenEpisode 43: Brave Despair from 2019-01-29T22:33:22
The British Mediterranean Fleet under Horatio Nelson spends months chasing the naval component of the Egypt Expedition. They finally catch the French at Aboukir Bay and fight the decisive Battle of...
ListenEpisode 42: The Scorched Plains from 2019-01-26T23:26:16
The Army of the Orient pushes deeper into Egypt and learns painful lessons about life and death in the desert. Napoleon clamps down on discontent and rallies the army to win a skirmish at Shubra Kh...
ListenEpisode 41: To the Land of the Gods from 2019-01-09T00:26:38
The Army of the Orient sets sail. They make a brief stop in Malta, where Napoleon clashes with an ancient organization of religious pirates. The French landing in Egypt turns into a debacle. Bonapa...
ListenEpisode 40: Davison Pasha from 2018-12-21T14:30:58
An interview with the writer and historian Derek Davison, who helps us look past the myths and orientalist fantasies to see the Middle East as it actually was on the eve of Napoleon's arrival. Topi...
ListenEpisode 39: East and West from 2018-12-07T02:22:56
Napoleon cajoles the Austrians into signing a peace treaty... a treaty which practically guarantees another war in the future. He begins planning the expedition to Egypt, and we examine the rationa...
ListenEpisode 38: The Kansas Campaign from 2018-11-20T20:30:07
A special interview with military historians Dr. Mark Gerges, Dr. Jonathan Abel, and Dr. John Kuehn, experts on the Napoleonic era from the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenw...
ListenEpisode 37: Breaking the Pendulum from 2018-11-07T02:09:05
While Napoleon fought in Italy, French politics oscillated dangerously between left and right. Finally, a fraught election and divisions within the Directory tore the system apart. Learn more about...
ListenEpisode 36: Questions and Answers from 2018-10-19T00:38:14
We take a break from the narrative to answer listener questions on topics ranging from the organization of the revolutionary armies to pop culture to alternate history hypotheticals. Learn more abo...
ListenEpisode 35: King of Italy from 2018-09-27T00:08:53
Bonaparte returns to Italy after Leoben, and is already coming into his own as a political figure. He is reunited with Josephine, and enjoys an opulent court life at Mombello. We trace Napoleon's d...
ListenEpisode 34: The Road to Leoben from 2018-09-12T04:35:55
The First Italian Campaign reaches its less-than-dramatic conclusion with Napoleon's invasion of Austria. We take a look back on this remarkable period, and assess Napoleon as a strategist. Learn m...
ListenEpisode 33: The Final Effort from 2018-08-24T22:46:16
With the Mantua garrison on the brink of starvation, the Austrians under Alvinczy launch one last relief attempt. General Sérurier returns, and General Joubert is given command of a division. Napol...
ListenEpisode 32: The Fate of Italy from 2018-08-11T21:14:10
Napoleon faces a new opponent, who gives the Army of Italy their toughest fight of the campaign so far. He suffers his first defeats as commander-in-chief. We examine an iconic moment of Napoleon's...
ListenEpisode 31: The Walls of Mantua from 2018-07-30T01:01:45
The Army of Italy pushes north to support a French offensive in Germany, but finds Wurmser already back on the march, leading to a major battle at Bassano and a frantic race down from the Alps. Con...
ListenEpisode 30: Risk and Reward from 2018-07-15T14:00
The Army of Italy faces off against Field Marshal Wurmser, and finds itself in its toughest fight of the campaign so far. Bonaparte takes some calculated risks to even the odds. One of Napoleon's i...
ListenEpisode 29: To the Victor Go the Spoils from 2018-07-03T11:30
The Army of Italy beats Beaulieu one last time, then takes a lucrative detour south and confronts the Pope. Napoleon and Josephine are finally reunited. We also meet Napoleon's next opponent, discu...
ListenEpisode 28: The Liberation of Lombardy from 2018-06-19T11:10
Napoleon finally enters Milan. The French conquest has divided Lombardy-- radicals are eager to follow the example of the revolution, but many others greet their conquerors with hostility and suspi...
ListenEpisode 27: The Legend of Lodi from 2018-06-04T02:36:55
The First Italian Campaign continues. Napoleon outfoxes the Austrians and takes Milan. The Army of Italy fights a famous battle at Lodi, which probably does not deserve its legendary reputation. We...
ListenEpisode 26: The Promised Land from 2018-05-17T16:55:26
We meet some of the leaders of the Army of Italy. The First Italian Campaign begins in dramatic fashion, with two weeks of lightning battles at Montenotte, Millesimo, Dego, Ceva, and Mondovì. Napol...
ListenEpisode 25: Naked and Underfed from 2018-04-27T12:00
We meet the Army of Italy, which Napoleon finds in a "state of destitution." Paris provides little support, but Bonaparte attempts to get his command into shape for the offensive. We discuss more o...
ListenEpisode 24: To Destiny from 2018-04-12T11:03:37
For better and for worse, a new government takes over in Paris: the Directory. Napoleon and Josephine are married, and we examine her unhappy early life. Napoleon leaves Paris to meet his destiny. ...
ListenEpiode 23: Momentum from 2018-03-25T13:15
An update from the armies at the front: French success continues in the Netherlands, and the long-suffering Dutch radicals finally have their day. In the South, the republicans push into Catalonia,...
ListenEpisode 22: The Man of Bronze from 2018-03-08T14:00
With the defeat of the French left, the right begins a violent resurgence, culminating in a rebellion that nearly conquers Paris. Napoleon saves the Convention (and his career with it). We meet two...
ListenEpisode 21: Down and Out in Paris from 2018-02-23T15:00
With so many of his political patrons dead, Napoleon's career stalls. He spends some aimless months in the capital trying to improve his situation. He finds high society transformed along with poli...
ListenEpisode 20: Thermidor from 2018-02-01T04:59
An eclectic episode. Napoleon gets out of jail, fights another battle in northern Italy, and comes tantalizingly close to a triumphant return to Corsica. Other topics include: the fall of Robespier...
ListenEpisode Nineteen: The Principles of Mountain Warfare from 2018-01-19T13:00
Napoleon reports for duty with the Army of Italy, which is fighting a tough campaign in the rugged Alps. André Masséna is introduced. Napoleon's plan and Masséna's daring win a victory at Saorgio. ...
ListenEpisode Eighteen: Vindication from 2018-01-05T04:26
Napoleon takes charge as head of artillery for the Army of the Alps, clashes with his incompetent commanders, and finally wins recognition on the battlefield during the Siege of Toulon. Learn more ...
ListenEpisode Seventeen: A Nation in Arms from 2017-12-16T03:52
Napoleon finally reports to the regular army, just as France sinks deeper into chaos. The Jacobins come to power and launch The Reign of Terror. The army continues to transform. Napoleon finally ac...
ListenEpisode Sixteen: Into the Storm from 2017-12-01T03:00
SURVEY: https://survey.libsyn.com/ageofnapoleon Napoleon returns to Corsica. The former king is executed; royalists rise up to avenge him. Napoleon fights in his first (real) battle. Paoli breaks ...
ListenEpisode Fifteen: the Mob from 2017-11-23T00:29
Napoleon bungles his first test as a National Guard officer and bears witness to the revolution's darkest days survey: survey.libsyn.com/ageofnapoleonPatreon: patreon.com/ageofnapoleon Learn more a...
ListenEpisode Fourteen: The People's Army from 2017-10-28T22:00
Back on the mainland, 1792 saw the revolution face an existential crisis, which gave birth to a new new kind of army. Topics include Count Guibert and his theory of the citizen-soldier, the Battle ...
ListenEpisode Thirteen: The Coriscan Gracchi from 2017-10-22T01:44
The Bonaparte brothers launch their political careers with very mixed success, Paoli returns from exile a changed man, and we take a close look at the crooked, violent world of eighteenth century C...
ListenEpisode Twelve: Long Live the Fatherland from 2017-10-12T04:12
Napoleon is bored in a peacetime army and fills his time with writing and the study of military theory. He returns to Corsica for the first time since childhood. The revolution turns his political ...
ListenEpisode Eleven: Cadet Paille-au-nez from 2017-09-27T14:12
Napoleon grows up: surviving military school, coping with the death of his father, and becoming an officer in record time. Also discussed: Bourrienne's problematic 'Memoirs,' Napoleon's love of boo...
ListenEpisode Ten: As the Fatherland Was Dying from 2017-09-17T14:30
the life and death of Carlo Bonaparte, Napoleon's childhood, Napoleon leaves home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ListenEpisode Nine: The Iron Soil of Corsica from 2017-08-30T14:00
Napoleon's roots. Topics include: vendettas, the Corsican War of Independence, Napoleon's hero- Pasquale Paoli, and James Boswell's Corsica cosplay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...
ListenBonus Episode: Robespierre from 2017-08-17T12:30
Topics include: the life and career of Maximilien Robespierre and The Terror Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ListenBonus Episode from 2017-08-02T20:06:06
Bonus Episode by The Age of Napoleon Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ListenBonus Episode: The 28th Messidor of Matt Christman from 2017-07-17T02:09:13
A discussion on Karl Marx's '18 Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte' with podcaster, writer, and Marx enthusiast Matt Christman. Topics include Napoleon III's rise to power and why you are a potato in a sa...
ListenEpisode Eight: Fracture from 2017-07-04T20:02:39
French society begins to fracture as the Revolution goes off the rails. Topics include the first Bastille Day, the Catholic counter-revolution, the émigrés, the rise of radicalism, and revolutionar...
ListenEpisode Seven: The Undesired from 2017-06-13T14:38:07
The road to the French Revolution. The Bastille, the Tennis Court Oath, the Women's March on Versailles, the Great Fear, and Lafayette (yes, that Lafayette) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
ListenEpisode Six: The King's Army from 2017-05-30T13:40:45
Topics include: military life in the 18th century, officer culture, battles, desertion, and the life story and real adventures of the poor man of Toggenburg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
ListenEpisode 5.5: The Doomed Regime from 2017-05-25T20:07:32
Rounding out the discussion of 18th century France from episode 5. Topics include politics, the economy, diplomacy, and workin' for the King of Prussia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...
ListenEpisode Five: The Setting Sun from 2017-05-21T11:41:25
topics include Louis XIV and his disastrous successors, the people and society of 18th century France, and a dog who became a saint (kind of) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....
ListenEpisode Four: Nemesis from 2017-05-06T14:09:48
Great Britain in the Eighteenth century. Politics, society, and the industrialization (or lack thereof) of the British economy special cameo by Hank the cat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
ListenEpisode Three: Eastern Ambitions from 2017-04-29T09:33:18
Topics include: the Habsburgs, the Holy Roman Empire, Prussia, the wars of Frederick the Great, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the Ottoman Empire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...
ListenEpisode 2.5: The Advances of Dr. Struensee from 2017-04-22T22:27:44
Bonus mini-episode with a show announcement and a good story about Denmark Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ListenEpisode Two: Enlightenment and Tyranny from 2017-04-14T04:16:02
Topics include: The Enlightenment, absolute monarchy, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ListenEpisode One: The Basics from 2017-03-31T01:08:42
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Episode one of a history podcast about the Napoleonic Era Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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