50 episodes
Titans of History: Napoleon Bonaparte Huddy Historian
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4.5 • 44 Ratings
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We'll dig in to the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, stage by stage, so we can dig into a man that changed the course of human history.
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Episode Forty Four: Portugal Part Two--Wellesley Arrives
With the Spanish Uprising now a full blown war, we turn our attention back west to Portugal where an upstart Sir Arthur Wellesley begins his march into the history books.
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Episode Forty Three: Spain--Part Two, the Spanish Uprising
As Spain rages out of control, the French rush to quell the uprisings all around the country before suffering one of the worst defeats in the Napleonic Era. Join us today as we discuss the bleeding summer of 1808 in the Spanish Uprising.
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Episode Forty Two: Spain--Part One
With his Invasion of Portugal now complete, Napoleon turned his eye to his southern neighbor. After centuries of steady decline, he used the opportunity to jump into Spanish affairs, an opportunity which would be the beginning of his downfall.
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Episode Forty One: Portugal
Today, we tackle the long and complex history of Portugal as Napoleon readies an invasion force to pacify the nation that has become an anathema to his Continental System.
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Episode Forty: Friedland & Tilsit
Finally achieving the decisive battle he had long sought after, Napoleon delivers the final blow to Russia and the Fourth Coalition, ending the war as the unquestioned master of the European continent.
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Episode Thirty Nine: Eylau
With the Russians constantly retreating and the French chasing with their supplies running low, the brutal winter and supply situation forces both sides to stop running and face off in one of the bloodiest battles of the Napoleonic Wars--and one that tested the idea that Napoleon was unbeatable in the field..
Customer Reviews
Good description of NB’s relationship to the revolution
The episodes that describe the revolution are insightful. They’re helping start to understand why we’re still fascinated by "the little corporal” two hundred years later.
A good podcast in preparation for vacation..
This was my go to podcast in preparation for my vacation to France. I visited Paris in college and I knew I missed a LOT of important context to the few sites I visited. Now, 20 years later, a little wiser, and not as starved, I wanted to be intentional about appreciating the sites and artifacts of this city and neighboring Versailles. This podcast allowed me to do just that. The painting Death of Marat had way more significance to me than if I had never learned about the history through this program. The Palace of Versailles had a whole new meaning to me.
Now that I’m back in the states I am glued to learning more.
Good Content, Poor Sound
I have been enjoying your podcast since the beginning, however I often have difficulty hearing what you are saying. Can you please record at a higher volume or figure that out the issue in the editing.
Thanks.