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MacDonald: The Forgotten Marshal? Aug 28, 2022

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Rachael Stark returns with her monthly Marshal feature, as we look at one of the Marshals who has been pushed to the edge of popular memory: The morally principled MacDonald.

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Davout: The Iron Marshal Jul 27, 2022

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In the first instalment of a new feature on The Napoleonicist, Rachael Stark offers a blisteringly brilliant run down of the life, talents, achievements and controversies of Davout - widely regarded as one of, if not THE finest of Napoleon's marshals, and a man of integrity to boot.

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The Greatest Musician of the Napoleonic Era Jul 14, 2022

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Know your Bachs from your Bocherrini? Know your vibratto from your virtuouso?

We debate the greatest musician of the Napoleonic era, as Tansy Robson, Josh Provan, Jacqueline Reiter and Rachael Stark join me to champion some masters of the musical arts.

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Who owned Waterloo? Jun 19, 2022

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I what I think is probably the best Napoleonicist episode ever, Dr Luke Reynolds joins me to discuss his new book 'Who owned Waterloo', which looks at the way the battle was manipulated by the British to become part of national myth making.

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Napoleon's Great Scapegoat: Grouchy's Waterloo Jun 17, 2022

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Andrew Field joins me to talk about what Grouchy did, and didn't do during the Waterloo campaign, explaining his failings, as well as his successes, and why the 'march to the sound of the guns' myth is rubbish.

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Touring the Waterloo Battlefield Jun 10, 2022

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Gareth Glover and Kristine Hughes Patrone join me to talk about the past, present and future of tours on Waterloo battlefield, including their new joint venture.

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The Maligned Majority: German auxiliary troops in the British Army during the Flanders Campaign 1793-5 May 26, 2022

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Paul Demet joins me to unleash a wealth of knowledge about the German auxiliaries who not only made up the bulk of the Duke of York's army during the Flanders campaign, but were badly treated and unfairly blamed for the campaign's failings.

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The Most Irritating Myth of the Napoleonic Era May 17, 2022

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An all star cast joins me in a rant filled odyssey, as Ed Coss, Peter Molloy, Marcus Cribb, Beatrice de Graaf, Josh Provan, Jacqueline Reiter, Jimmy Chen and Rachael Stark debate those misconceptions about the period that drive them round the bend.

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Not just incompetent officers?: The British Army in Flanders 1793-95 May 06, 2022

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Robin Thomas joins me to talk about his book 'No want of courage: The British Army in Flanders, 1793-95', in a deep dive into the state of the force that was sent out to fight in Flanders, finding a situation comparable to the Russian Army in WW1 when it came to shortages of equipment, and discuss that famous nursery rhyme...

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Armies and Enemies of Napoleon Apr 28, 2022

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Alexander Mikaberidze, Kenton White and Philip Ball join me to talk about their contributions to an exciting volume on the armies and enemies of Napoleon.

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