Episode 40: Q4-1801 - 'Vive Bonaparte!'
1802. October... November... December... three months in which the longstanding contest between the British and the French switches from the battlefield to the negotiating table...
After two complete years in power Napoleon Bonaparte's position looks increasingly secure...
And the decision is…
Q&A: The French Revolutionary Wars
As we've reached the Peace of Amiens it felt like a good time to pause and review the French Revolutionary Wars... Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze took questions from Quartermasters about a decade of fighting in which the French defied expectations, the allies never quite clicked and Napo…
PHILIP DWYER on Napoleonic violence
Of all the biographies of Napoleon, Philip Dwyer's three-volume masterpiece is the one Charles Esdaile is the keenest on. Philip, who is Professor of History at the University of Newcastle in Australia, has since moved on to establish the Centre for the History of Violence, and much of this convers…
Christmas special: Napoleonic Secret Santa!
Season's greetings to Quartermasters everywhere! This festive edition sees participants including Charles Esdaile and Alex Mikaberidze nominate, steal and veto Napoleon-themed presents from each other, even as the process is disrupted by the sinister influence of Fouche himself...
Take a look at …
Episode 43: Q3-1802 - Pushing the boundaries
1802. July… August… September… Three months in which Napoleon Bonaparte outmanoeuvres France’s Senate to move even closer to absolute power… In St Petersburg Russia’s new Tsar seems to have got over the distressing circumstances of his predecessor’s murder… And on both sides of the English Channel …
Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul (w/ Alan Forrest)
What were Napoleon Bonaparte's biggest achievements during the Consulate period from 1799 to 1804? Prof Emeritus Alan Forrest of the University of York sizes up the greatest hits: ending the Revolution, domestic reforms in administration, education, finance and justice - and one or two flops along …
Napoleonic Qs #5: Bonapartist ghosts, British baddies, French brinkmanship
Josh Provan is joined by Charles Esdaile and Alex Mikaberidze, with Alex Stevenson and Clemens Bemmann along for the ride, to discuss all things politico-diplomatic in this Q&A episode. Including:
02:30: British dirty tricks (Warning: Grumpy Charles alert)
24:00: French brinkmanship
32:00: Poland'…
Napoleonic Qs #6: The Royal Navy's PR machine, elite units, Suvorov in 1799
Josh Provan is joined by Charles Esdaile and Alex Mikaberidze, with Alex Stevenson and Clemens Bemmann along for the ride, to discuss some military topics in this Q&A episode. Including:
[2:00] - The Royal Navy PR machine
[10:11] - Elite units of the Napoleonic Wars
[22:30] - Suvorov in 1799
[34:0…
Waterloo teaser: The myth of Hougoumont
Charles Esdaile has a lot to get off his chest when it comes to the Battle of Waterloo - which is why he surprised me recently by asking to do what turned into a three-hour mythbusting session working through what he thinks everyone's getting wrong about the ultimate Napoleonic encounter.
As this p…
1805-15 preview: The Napoleonic Wars
With the relaunch period drawing to a close the time is now upon us, finally, when this podcast about the Napoleonic period actually gets to talk actually properly about the actual Napoleonic Wars. In one final build-up episode before episode 53 dives into Q1-1805, here's a last chance for Charles …
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