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The Final Curtain Aug 17, 2024

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The End of the Podcast? May 25, 2024

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Now, Napoleonicists! Now is your time!

Spotify have gutted the podcast, disconnecting me from half the listeners.

This is how you can help me try to rebuild from the ashes.

Waterloo By Air: Trailer May 22, 2024

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How do we separate Napoleonic myth from reality? Why were some written out of the story? Over 200 years later, why does Waterloo still matter? Join me this summer on the podcast's Youtube Channel for a documentary on the battle, like you've never seen before

Waterloo Around the World Feb 18, 2024

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Dr Luke Reynolds talks about how Waterloo celebrations were spread across the British Empire, and how Waterloo Day became an excuse for a boozing session.

Get 30% off Who Owned Waterloo at Oxford University Press by using code AAFLYG6

Twitter: @lureynol | @zwhitehistory

Napoleon: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Jan 01, 2024

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Professor Beatrice de Graaf, and Professor Alexander Mikaberidze join Dr Zack White to discuss the life, legacy and complexities of remembering Napoleon Bonaparte.

Waterloo: The Battle on the Big Screen Dec 10, 2023

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Trenches on the battlefield and the Prussians arriving from the wrong direction are nothing new...

Professor Tony Pollard joins me to talk about more than a century of the Battle of Waterloo being depicted on the big screen. We talk about common tropes, the way in which portrayals of the battle have developed, and some of the challenges to production.

Extended version with clips from the various films available on youtube.

Support Waterloo Uncovered at: https://waterloouncovered.com/

Cinema and History: The encyclopedia of History Films.

https://www.hervedumont.ch/page.php?id=fr4

Napoleon and the Pope (1897)

https://youtu.be/_jf_lIhWsJk?si=CPT-oxo0s544l7mk

Napoleon (1909) Library of Congress

https://www.loc.gov/item/mp73112700/

Incidents in the Life of Napoleon and Josephine (1909)

https://youtu.be/zmnHQbrh3KY?si=RtrJ5IhDPrNaTObM

Waterloo at 24.53

The Battle of Waterloo (1913)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1SZnKFuvw0

The Iron Duke (1934) NOT ON YOUTUBE

Campo Di Maggio (The Hundred Days) 1934/5 NOT ON YOUTUBE (103 min) Dir by Giovachinno Forzano

Hundert Tage (Hundred Days) Dir Franz Wenzler (1hr 25?)

The Nazi Napoleon – Waterloo from around 9.36

21min20 clip https://youtu.be/HfTkNHp0v2k?si=3L2MaeLF-jNrOfmS

Napoleon (1955)

https://youtu.be/vRsg9o9tr5s?si=x4SddxtBoPQBCAo4

Waterloo 1.42

Austerlitz 1960 Abel Gance

https://youtu.be/xK_I5IwQLMw?si=3Dlxxdy6cjHTHopK

Waterloo 1970

https://youtu.be/3DcWJrzK0wU?si=_ftJ-JwKLapfMVMv

The Day of the Locust (1975) The Stage collapses

https://youtu.be/jJ_p_xhMEvU?si=7zIukRCn6-aRdwkl

Napoleon (French TV series 2002)

Waterloo 53.38

https://youtu.be/i_E_TfWu5uU?si=SFAfbemaCDpWU6ru

Napoleon Movie: Ridley Scott Reviewed Dec 03, 2023

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*SPOILER, STRONG LANGUAGE & EXPLICIT CONTENT WARNING*

Sam Jolley, Charlotte White, Josh Provan and Kit Chapman (University of Falmouth) join me to dissect the movie as a piece of film making. We largely park the historical inaccuracies to explore the real reasons why this film has proven such a disappointment with fans of the period.

Twitter: @s_jolley | @restorationcake | @landofhistory

Web: https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/staff/dr-kit-chapman

The Siege of Pensacola Nov 28, 2023

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One of the largest sieges of the American War of Independence

is far from common knowledge. Josh Provan explains all following the release of his new book on the Siege of Pensacola.

Buy the book: https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/every-hazard-and-fatigue-the-siege-of-pensacola-1781.php

Twitter: @zwhitehistory | @landofhistory

Josephine: Empress of the French Nov 23, 2023

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Who was Josephine, the women so often sidelined as simply being 'Napoleon's one true love'?

Rachael Stark offers a multi-dimensional perspective on the complexities of Marie Josephe Rose de Beauharnias.