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 Twelve: 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 beliefs upside down. Also discussed: rich Uncle...
44 min
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Episode Eleven: 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, talking to girls, and how the Bonapartes were like...
36 min
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Episode Ten: As the Fatherland Was Dying
the life and death of Carlo Bonaparte, Napoleon's childhood, Napoleon leaves home
30 min
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Episode Nine: 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
31 min
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Bonus Episode: Robespierre
The last of the bonus shows: Maximilien Robespierre, his career, character, and legacy, with a special focus on his role in The Terror. Find out why he was the Serpico of the Revolution
19 min
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Bonus Episode
Bonus Episode by The Age of Napoleon Podcast
30 min
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Bonus Episode: The 28th Messidor of Matt Christman
A discussion on Karl Marx's '18 Brumaire of Louis…
29 min
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Episode Eight: Fracture
French society begins to fracture as the Revoluti…
46 min
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Episode Seven: The Undesired
The road to the French Revolution. The Bastille, …
49 min
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Episode Six: The King's Army
Topics include: military life in the 18th century…
34 min
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Episode 5.5: The Doomed Regime
Rounding out the discussion of 18th century Franc…
18 min
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Episode Five: The Setting Sun
topics include Louis XIV and his disastrous succe…
40 min
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Episode Four: Nemesis
Great Britain in the Eighteenth century. Politics…
30 min
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Episode Three: Eastern Ambitions
Topics include: the Habsburgs, the Holy Roman Emp…
33 min
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Episode 2.5: The Advances of Dr. Struensee
Bonus mini-episode with a show announcement and a…
12 min
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Episode Two: Enlightenment and Tyranny
Topics include: The Enlightenment, absolute monar…
27 min
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Episode One: The Basics
Episode one of a history podcast about the Napole…
21 min