Podcast Episodes

A Nation in Arms

Episode 17

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 achi…

Published on 8 years ago

Into the Storm

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Napoleon returns to Corsica. The former king is executed; royalists rise up to avenge him. Napoleon fights in his first (real) battle. Paoli breaks wit…

Published on 8 years, 1 month ago

The Mob

Napoleon bungles his first test as a National Guard officer and bears witness to the revolution's darkest days

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A Guide to the Infantry of the Napoleonic Era

A short episode delving into the organization, equipment, and uniforms of Napoleonic foot-soldiers.

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Published on 8 years, 1 month ago

The People's Army

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 of…

Published on 8 years, 2 months ago

The Corsican Gracchi

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 Cor…

Published on 8 years, 2 months ago

Long Live the Fatherland

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 be…

Published on 8 years, 2 months ago

Cadet Paille-au-nez

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 books…

Published on 8 years, 3 months ago

As the Fatherland Was Dying

Episode 10

the life and death of Carlo Bonaparte, Napoleon's childhood, Napoleon leaves home

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Published on 8 years, 3 months ago

The Iron Soil of Corsica

Napoleon's roots. Topics include: vendettas, the Corsican War of Independence, Napoleon's hero- Pasquale Paoli, and James Boswell's Corsica cosplay

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Published on 8 years, 4 months ago