Cameron interviewed about Napoleon
Posted on 31. Oct, 2007 by Cameron in General
While I was a podcasting conference in Perth (that’s in Western Australia, the most remote city on the planet) last weekend, Nick Hodge from Microsoft Australia interviewed me on my passion for Napoleon. I thought I would share it with you. Apologies for the fact that I appear to be eating a mint at the beginning of the interview.
Cameron Reilly on Napoleone di Buonaparte
The Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast #30 – The Journey To Elba
Posted on 24. Oct, 2007 by Cameron in Podcast
Today we look at the period immediately after Napoleon’s first abdication in 1814 – his suicide attempt, the Allies’ discussions about where to send him (the Treaty of Fontainebleau), and his incredible work ethic once he arrived in Elba. Then we examine his reasons for deciding to leave Elba after a mere ten months and return… to France.
I also mention during the show that I was recently extremely honoured to be informed that I am to be made a “Fellow” of the International Napoleonic Society (at the suggestion of their Vice-President J. David Markham) and David plugs the INS conference which we will both be attending in Ajaccio, Corsica, July 7 – 11 2008. We would both love to see all of you there! Download the registration form here (link).
Some images to go with today’s episode:
Napoleon On Elba
The Abdication Desk
Detail from The Abdication Desk
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This show is based on David’s book “Napoleon For Dummies”. Click on the image below to purchase a copy!
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We have partnered with a London-based company called Pods in Print to provide written transcriptions of the Napoleon 101 podcast starting at this stage from episode #21. Access to the transcripts requires a subscription. It’s US$12.95 for one month or $120 a year. Check them out here.
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The theme music is La Marseillaise. Yes, we know it isn’t necessarily relevant to Napoleon but it’s hard to beat when it comes to French themes!
The Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast #29 – The First Abdication
Posted on 11. Oct, 2007 by Cameron in Podcast
As 1814 begins, Napoleon is surrounded by problems following the Battle of Leipzig, but he still has some fight left in him. In this nearly two hour long episode, David takes us through the failed peace talks, The Six Day War, the betrayal of Murat, Ney and the surrender of Paris, Napoleon being a mere four hours too late to save his city from being turned over to the enemy by his brother Joseph.
(NOTE ON AUDIO PLAYER: I’m having some trouble getting the audio player to work with this episode. The mp3 file itself seems okay, so you should be able to download it or stream it by opening the below file in a new window. I’ll put the audio player up asap.)
This image is from the personal collection of J. David Markham:
This show is based on David’s book “Napoleon For Dummies”. Click on the image below to purchase a copy!
WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT THE PODCAST
Buy something from our selection of official Napoleon 101 podcast shirts and coffee mugs!
Go into iTunes and vote for the show and leave a comment about how much you enjoy it. CLICK HERE to open up our page in the iTunes store.
We have partnered with a London-based company called Pods in Print to provide written transcriptions of the Napoleon 101 podcast starting at this stage from episode #21. Access to the transcripts requires a subscription. It’s US$12.95 for one month or $120 a year. Check them out here.
You can join our Facebook discussion group by clicking this link –> Napoleon 101 Facebook Group.
Thanks to everyone for your continued support and for all of the terrific comments we get every week!
If you enjoyed this podcast, make sure you don’t miss future episodes by subscribing to our feed:
- Subscribe to TPN :: Napoleon 1O1 by Email
- If you use iTunes, click here.
- If you use another aggregator, grab our RSS feed here.
- If you don’t know what I’m talking about, read this description in Wikipedia.
- If you stumbled upon this episode of the show and you would like to start from the very beginning, go to our overview page for a full list of episodes.
The theme music is La Marseillaise. Yes, we know it isn’t necessarily relevant to Napoleon but it’s hard to beat when it comes to French themes!