by David Inglehart | Aug 27, 2021 | Age of Revolution podcast
Following the battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon confronts the two remaining great powers on the Continent, Prussia and Russia. In hard-won victories at Jena/Auerstadt, Eylau and Friedland, France’s new dominance of Europe is affirmed,...
by David Inglehart | Jul 27, 2021 | Age of Revolution podcast
Failure to abide by the terms of the Treaty of Amiens–alleged by both England and France–leads to the War of the Third Coalition (1803-1806) and two of the most consequential engagements of the Napoleonic Wars: the battles of Trafalgar...
by David Inglehart | Jun 23, 2021 | Age of Revolution podcast
Napoleon returns from Egypt to stage the coup d’etat of 19 Brumaire (10 November 1799), seizing control of the French Republic as First Consul. With a dramatic victory over the Austrians in the Battle of Marengo (14 June 1800), the...
by David Inglehart | Jun 15, 2021 | Age of Revolution podcast
Having survived an effort by the Paris government to replace him in army commander, Napoleon resumes his successful campaign in northern Italy, defeating a series of Austrian armies and negotiating a peace settlement highly advantageous...
by David Inglehart | May 24, 2021 | Age of Revolution podcast
Following the fall of Robespierre, Napoleon meets a well-connected member of the salon scene, Rose Beauharnais, whom he calls by a pet name: Josephine. With her help, he wins command of the Army of Italy, and after a brief wedding and...
by David Inglehart | May 17, 2021 | Age of Revolution podcast
As a student in the national military school in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte bears witness to much of the violence of the French Revolution and learns to navigate the turbulent politics of the times. Text and narration by Dave...
