http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com Everything you ever wanted to know about Napoleon Bonaparte. Fri, 09 May 2008 03:11:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Listener Tim O'Dwyer from Australia, who describes himself as "an old Aussie lawyer (who believes he could do a good plea of guilty for Prince Talleyrand)", recently visited France and Israel with his wife and submitted some Napoleonis snaps from his visits to Malmaison and Jaffa. See more in the ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/05/09/some-photos-from-a-listener/ I just thought I'd give a plug for the other show David and I are doing - The Biography Show - which has a new episode up about Helen Of Troy. Did she really exist? Or is completely fictional? Find out our thoughts on the show! By the way, I ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/05/09/a-new-biography-show-is-out/ I know it's been a while between drinks, my friends, but there are good reasons. Listen to today's show to learn more! Today we finally... FINALLY... get Napoleon on "the boat"! David walks us through Napoleon's last days in France and his reasons for choosing to surrender himself to ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/04/15/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-39-au-revoir-france/ My thanks to Brian who, in the comments of a recent post mentioned there was a mange comic about Napoleon by HASEGAWA TETSUYA. I did some research and found an online store selling them. I've found a site that discussed the comic which I've translated for your reading pleasure here. ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/19/napoleon-manga/ Let me start off by apologizing for my audio - it seems I had the wrong microphone on. Luckily I'm just the button pusher so the impact is small. :-) In today's episode, David explains the range of options Napoleon considered after his abdication of 22 June, 1815. Should he go ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/13/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-38-napoleons-options/ Paris 2008 Map Originally uploaded by cameronreilly Some of the places I'm visiting (and staying) on my trip to Paris in July. If you want to open it in Google Maps, use this link. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/08/paris-2008-map/ I'm moving house at the moment and as part of the process, I'm documenting my library of books using an online tool called Shelfari.com. It also gives me an opportunity to create discussion groups around books and so I've created one around my Napoleonic collection (link). I think it might ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/02/my-napoleon-library-on-shelfari/ Well, not quite, but listener Arni Sigurdsson from Iceland found this website which explains how Napoleon was important to the development of the modern computer. According to the site: Napoleon’s troops in Egypt buy shawls and start a fashion craze. In Europe the shawls get made on automated, perforated-paper control looms. This ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/28/napoleon-invented-the-computer/ Somehow we managed to get another entire episode just out of Joseph Fouche, Minister of Police, Duke of Otranto, and his machinations after Napoleon's abdication to try to ensure his own position of power in post-Napoleonic France. We also talk about what's happening during this period of instability with Marshals ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/24/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-37-fouches-machiavellian-machinations/ Well as you know, David and I have been threatening to inflict another podcast series on you for a while and I'm happy to announce that one of them is finally here! And it isn't the one we were expecting to launch first. Introducing - The Biography Show. The idea ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/09/the-biography-show-001-alexander-the-great/ After the International Napoleonic Society conference that's being held in Corsica in July, I intend on spending a few days in Paris (July 12 - 15). If anyone out there has recommendations on affordable accommodation, please let me know. :-) http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/08/paris-accommodation/ Okay, I've worked out why the video is coming down in the audio feed. If that happened to you, and you didn't want the video, my apologies. Here's how to make sure it doesn't happen again. The reason it happened (I think) is that the iTunes feed on the main ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/04/audio-feed-vs-video-feed/ Welcome to a very special edition of the Napoleon podcast - now with added video! (NOTE: I will be putting up an embedded version of the video shortly as well.) When David and I were recording the latest episode of the show yesterday I sprung on him the idea of capturing ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/01/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-36-video-the-end-of-the-empire/ In this episode David explains the Machiavellian machinations of Joseph Fouche in the days after Waterloo; how Napoleon was trying to manage the destiny of the Empire from his bath; and the events leading up to Napoleon's final abdication from the throne and then declaring a regency in the name ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/01/31/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-36-the-end-of-the-empire/ First of all, let me wish you all a happy 2008 from David and myself. Second, please allow me to apologize - both for the delay in this episode of our little show as well as the audio problems with it. As I explain in the introduction to the show, ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/01/27/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-35-after-waterloo/ A few weeks ago I took my kids for a drive out to Benalla in country Victoria to visit a few Ned Kelly memorial sites (Ned is a very famous Australian folk hero). To my surprise, at the Benalla and District Historical Society, I discovered this display. It is, apparently, ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/27/the-waterloo-drum/ One of my sisters gave me this gift for Christmas: "Campfires of Napoleon", by Henry Clay Watson and published 1854 by Porter Coates in Philadelphia. Watson, a journalist and editor by profession, wrote the book when he was only 23. It's a very pro-Napoleon book written, I suspect, for high ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/27/campfires-of-napoleon/ Dec 26 is Mr Markham's birthday so please send him your birthday wishes. Rather than buy him a present, why not buy someone else a copy of one of his books as a gift? I'm sure he'd appreciate that. When I originally had the idea to start a podcast about ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/27/happy-birthday-j-david-markham/ The Battle of Waterloo, along with the Battle of Wavre, was fought on 18 June 1815, and was Napoleon Bonaparte's last battle. His defeat put a final end to his rule as Emperor of the French. It is probably one of the most famous battles in history. It has been ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/13/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-34-the-battle-of-waterloo-part-2/ A single manuscript page from a love story written by Napoleon Bonaparte sold for €23,000 (£17,000) at Osenat auction house in France yesterday. It was the first page of the final draft of Napoleon's 1795 short novel Clisson and Eugenie, only 22 pages in its original handwritten form. The story, ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/07/napoleon-love-story-page-sells-for-e23000/ On this episode we discuss the first two major battles of the 1815 Waterloo campaign - Quatre Bras (16 June) and Ligny (16 June). The Battle of Quatre Bras was fought near the strategic crossroads of Quatre Bras, Belgium, on 16 June 1815 between Wellington's Anglo-Dutch army and the left ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/12/06/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-33-the-battle-of-waterloo-part-1/ Hey folks - I would REALLY appreciate it if a few (thousand) of you could pop on over to the TPN 2007 Survey (link: http://www.thepodcastnetwork.com/survey) and spend ten minutes filling it out. We need to collect some anonymous data on our audience demographics to use in discussions with advertisers. Thanks! ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/27/the-tpn-2007-survey-2/ As David mentioned in #32, he was interviewed for the latest edition of The Robb Report magazine about his snuffbox. Here are the images! http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/22/napoleon-podcast-mentioned-in-the-robb-report/ Re-established on the throne of Paris in April 1815, Napoleon introduces a new Constitution and begs the Monarchs of Europe and Great Britian for peace. His envoys are rebuffed and his letters returned unopened. The Allies, still ensconced at the Congress of Vienna where they have been since November 1814, ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/20/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-32-the-hundred-days-part-two/ Napoleon, separated from his wife and son (who had come under Austrian control), cut off from the allowance guaranteed to him by the Treaty of Fontainebleau, and aware of rumours that he was about to be banished to a remote island in the Atlantic, escaped from Elba on 26 February ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/07/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-31-the-hundred-days/ 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 ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/31/cameron-interviewed-about-napoleon/ 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 ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/24/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-30-the-journey-to-elba/ 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 ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/11/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-29-the-first-abdication/ As Napoleon's 'friends' continued to betray him, by late 1813 the total Allied armies east of the Rhine probably exceeded a million men. By contrast Napoleon's forces had dwindled to just a few hundred thousand. Short on horses, soldiers, food and ammunition, Napoleon soldiered on, fighting off his enemies in ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/21/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-28-the-battle-of-nations/ David and Barbara show off their Napoleon 101 gear! Available only at: www.cafepress.com/napoleonpodcast See all of the photos here (link). http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/17/david-and-barbara-model-our-gear/ [audio:http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_napoleon_20070911_survey.mp3] download the show As our regular listeners know, for some time now David and I have been thinking about doing a new podcast series in addition to the current Napoleon 101 series. One of the challenges we have with producing a new series, however, is time. Although David has recently retired ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/11/markham-and-reilly-the-premium-edition-survey/ In our mighty 27th episode, almost another full 90 minutes, David and I look at the events leading to the War of the Sixth Coalition. After the terrible losses Napoleon suffered on his "strategic withdrawal" from Russia, his political position in Europe was significantly weakened. In 1813, Prussia, who had ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/02/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-27-war-of-the-sixth-coalition/ Recorded on Napoleon's 238th birthday, we celebrate by making this our LONGEST show yet! 93 minutes of Napoleonic fun! Well, actually, as the subject is the Russian campaign, perhaps not so much fun for Napoleon and his troops, but fun for us to discuss nonetheless. In this episode we ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/08/16/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-26-the-invasion-of-russia-part-iii/ Listener Marc Bergevin Vollebekk in Ottawa has created a Napoleon 101 group in Facebook as a place for us to discuss the topics on the show! Thanks Marc! You can join the group by clicking this link --> Napoleon 101 Facebook Group. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/08/15/join-the-napoleon-101-facebook-group/ Napoleon Gance Poster (2) Originally uploaded by cameronreilly Isn't David Markham the bomb!?! He sent me this marvelous, fully framed and original poster from the 1980 restoration of Abel Gance's 1927 silent epic "Napoleon". I love it. This is going in the pool room. Thank you ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/08/07/napoleon-gance-poster/ In this episode, David talks us through The Battle of Borodino, which took place on September 7, 1812, and was the largest and bloodiest single-day battle of the Napoleonic Wars, involving more than a quarter of a million soldiers and resulting in at least 70,000 casualties. Next stop - MOSCOW. ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/08/01/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-25-the-invasion-of-russia-part-ii/ 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. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/07/08/transcripts-of-the-napoleon-101-podcast-now-available/ From the BBC this morning: A love letter from Napoleon to his future wife, Josephine, has fetched some £276,000 ($556,000; 409,000 euros) at an auction in London. In the letter - one of only three known to have been sent to Josephine by the French emperor before their marriage - he apologises ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/07/04/three-kisses-from-napoleon-worth-%c2%a3276000/ Your reviews on iTunes. Your emails. Contest entries. Posts on our blog. We ask for so little. I know what you’re thinking: What else can I do to help support my friends at the Napoleon 101 Podcast? This year for the first time ever we’re going to go for an official ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/07/02/please-support-our-show-nominate-us-for-a-podcast-award/ On June 24, 1812, the Grande Armée of approximately 600,000 men, the largest army assembled up to that point in European history, crossed the river Neman and headed towards Moscow. In this episode, we focus on the first few months, and follow Napoleon as he captures Vilna, Vitebsk and Smolensk. ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/06/28/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-24-the-invasion-of-russia-part-i/ In this episode we explore the political events that resulted in Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, the tragedy that formed the central events of Tolstoy's War and Peace and which saw Napoleon raise the largest army in history up until that time, 500,000 - 700,000 men (historians vary on ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/06/21/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-23-the-road-to-moscow/ This story from the St Paul Tribune in Minnesota tells about a recent reenactment of the Battle Of Waterloo held on the site of the actual battle in Belgium: History buffs from Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Holland and elsewhere said the Waterloo commemoration is one of the most important events on ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/06/19/1815-battle-of-waterloo-reenactment-draws-thousands/ The sword was carried by Napoleon — who was not yet emperor — into the battle of Marengo in June 1800, when he launched a surprise attack to push the Austrian army from Italy and seal France's victory, sold Sunday for more than $6.4 million, an auction house said. Read ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/06/11/napoleons-marengo-sword-sold/ Welcome back! It's been a long time between episodes. To celebrate our return, we have a very special guest co-host - Prof. Bob Packett from "History According To Bob"! Bob is the Godfather of History podcasting. It was his show that gave me the idea to start our little ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/06/10/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-22-au-revoir-josphine-bonjour-marie-louise-and-the-king-of-rome/ You know you want one! Buy yours today and support the show! http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/06/02/the-napoleon-podcast-t-shirt/ Help us out by going over to Digg and "digging" the show. It will only take a few minutes of your time! By the way, we apologize for the delay in episodes - David is currently in Israel. But we plan to have a new episode with a very special ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/06/01/help-us-out/ UPDATE: David pointed out that around the 40 minute mark there is a silence that lasts about 15 seconds. I must have muted the wrong bit when I was editing it. I'll fix that asap and re-upload it. UPDATE #2: Okay new version of the mp3 is up, hopefully everything ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/10/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-021-the-war-of-the-fifth-coalition/ Mike reminds us that today, May 5, is the anniversary of Napoleon's untimely death on St Helena in 1821 at the age of 52. Whether he died of natural causes or through the malfeasance of the Bourbons, we can be sure that he would have preferred to have met his ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/05/napoleone-buonoparte-d-5-may-1821/ Napoleon Originally uploaded by jables80. Waterloo Battlefield just outside of Waterloo, Belgium. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/25/napoleon-at-waterloo/ Elliott is a listener to the show who recently visited Jena and Leipzig and was thoughtful enough to snail-mail David and I some memorabilia from there! I haven't had the chance to visit these regions yet so these are terrific additions to my Napoleonic collection (and more stuff for my ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/25/a-shout-out-to-elliott-nowacky/ Welcome to the dramatic conclusion to the Peninsular War! It's a long episode, possibly our longest, but we were determined to conclude this affair today! In episode #19 we gave you some background on how Napoleon ended up in the Iberian peninsula. Today we pick it up from about the ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/20/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-20-the-peninsula-war-part-two/ Pascal from Berlin asked: "Maybe I missed this aspect of Napoleon already mentioned in one of your episode, but if you didn't, could talk a little bit about that distinct hat Napoleon is often shown with on pictures of him. Maybe it is a modern invention and has nothing to do ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/20/napoleons-hat/ It's almost enough to make me believe in God. A new Napoleon film comes out. And it stars Monica Belluci. What more could I ever ask for??? (Okay, apart from actually getting to meet Monica...). Elba island, 1814. Martino is a young teacher, idealist and strongly anti-Napoleonic, in love with ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/20/napoleon-et-monica/ I was just reading this story about how His Imperial Highness Charles Napoleon, great-great-grandson of Napoleon Bonaparte's brother Jerome, King of Westphalia, is standing for parliament in Fontainebleau. I had to smile at this line: Incredibly, Mr Napoleon is also 1,120th in line to the British throne, thanks to the marriage ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/12/napoleon-vii-in-fontainebleau/ After the Battle Of Trafalgar (1805), the relationship between Spain (which had previously declared war on France in 1793 and then an alliance in 1795) and France soured. In 1807, Spain was in turmoil, due to infighting between their disinterested Bourbon king Charles IV, his son Ferdinand and the Spanish ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/12/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-19-the-peninsula-war-part-one/ I've just discovered a Flcikr Group dedicated to Napoleonic images! Check it out. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/25/vive-lempereur-flickr-group/ And goodbye, Napoleon's house Originally uploaded by bootsintheoven. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/25/and-goodbye-napoleons-house/ Statue de Napoleon Originally uploaded by shandara. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/25/statue-de-napoleon/ dangerous position Originally uploaded by omnia_mutantur. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/25/dangerous-position/ Napoleon Originally uploaded by shandara. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/25/napoleon/ Welcome to the tragic Episode 18 of the Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast here on The Podcast Network. Once again, David and I would like to thank everyone for the wonderful feedback and comments we have received since the last episode. We both really appreciate it and it's added motivation to keep ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/23/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-18-the-battle-of-trafalgar/ My co-host, the right honourable J. David Markham, did an interview recently with a journalist from USA TODAY and as a result our little show got a small mention in a bigger article about podcasting. Of course, they named the show incorrectly and didn't link to it in the online ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/18/the-napoleon-podcast-gets-a-mention-in-usa-today/ Here's an interesting story: At an exhibition in Paris’ Grand Palais entitled Les Trésors Engloutis D’Egypt aka The Sunken Treasures of Egypt, there was a meeting between two representatives of the former Imperial Houses of France and Persia: HIH Princess Napoleon Bonaparte and HIM Shahbanou Farah Pahlavi of Iran. The Former ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/06/pahlavi-meets-napoleon-at-egypt-expo-in-paris/ Here's a nifty little slideshow of some of the Napoleonic images we've posted on our Flickr site over the last year. If you have Napoleonic pictures, feel free to add them to our Flickr group here. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/05/napoleon-slideshow/ One of the things that I love the most about doing this show is the community of new Napoleon enthusiasts that has built up around it. David and I are constantly getting emails like this one from Gavin O'Sullivan in Vancouver: Dear Cameron and David, My name is Gavin O'Sullivan. I'm a ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/05/a-listeners-story-gavin-from-vancouver/ On this marvelous 17th episode, recorded almost 200 years after the actual events occurred, we examine the final months of the "Fourth Coalition" leading up to the "Treaty of Tilsit". Russian forces, lead by Count von Bennigsen, were crushed by Napoleon's army at Friedland on June 14, 1807. Three days later Russia ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/20/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-17-the-battle-of-friedland-and-the-treaty-of-tilsit/ Today I received by courier an exquisite book from 1894 with 330 reproductions of famous paintings pertaining to Napoleon, his battles, life and times. Each reproduced painting has a description below penned by John L. Stoddard. There is no way to accurately reflect how fabulous this book truly is. An ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/08/1894-introduction-from-stoddards-napoleon-from-corsica-to-st-helena/ A friend of mine at Microsoft just sent me this article by Jawad Shuaib on Napoleonic Lessons for Google and Microsoft. I'm not sure how relevant the analogy of Napoleon is to either company, but it makes interesting reading. As an ex-Microsoft employee and a current Microsoft shareholder, I've often ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/07/napoleonic-lessons-for-google-and-microsoft/ Dies Irae Originally uploaded by Manuperez. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/05/dies-irae/ If you want to make sure you never miss an episode of The Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast and you haven't quite figured out how all of this RSS-stuff works yet, have no fear! Email is here! By clicking on the link below you can have the latest blog posts and podcast ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/01/subscribe-to-the-show-via-email/ You bet! We are fans of Napoleon. No doubt about it. I think you'll find our opinions on the show are just that - opinions! We have never claimed to be bias free. This ain't the BBC. :-) One of my objectives when I started the series was to promote the case ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/01/23/do-we-have-a-bias/ Napoleon statue @ Il Duce Originally uploaded by cameronreilly. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/01/21/napoleon-statue-il-duce/ After Napoleon completely crushed the Prussians at Jena-Auerstedt, Europe was in shock. Back home in Paris, some were concerned that Napoleon's continued success might blind him to opportunities for peace. Meanwhile, Russia's Czar Alexander had his armies advance on Warsaw, forcing Napoleon to march to meet them. Early in 1807, ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/01/20/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-16-eylau-poland-and-maria-walewska/ A friend sent me this link to Yahoo News this morning. It seems that every year there is a new story from a research group somewhere saying they have the definitive answer on what Napoleon died from. As most of you will already know, David's good friend Ben Weider co-authored ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/01/18/mystery-of-napoleons-death-said-solved/ I discovered this album by accident this morning. It's a shame more of these tracks aren't available for download or I'd start putting them into the show. You can listen to short previews of each track though and download the one below for free. Click on the album art for ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/01/07/music-of-the-napoleonic-era/ The twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt (older name: Auerstädt) were fought on October 14, 1806 on the plateau west of the river Saale in today's Germany, between the forces of Napoleon I of France and Frederick William III of Prussia. The decisive defeat suffered by the Prussian army resulted ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/12/29/the-napoleon-bonaparte-podcast-15-the-battle-of-jena-auerstedt/ Today, 2 December 2006, is the 202nd anniversary of Napoleon's Coronation as Emperor Of The French and the 200th anniversary of the Battle Of Austerlitz. Vive Le Empereur! http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/12/02/vive-le-empereur/ PRESS PLAY [audio:http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_napoleon_20061129_014.mp3] or RIGHT CLICK TO DOWNLOAD The Battle of Austerlitz (also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors) was a major engagement in the Napoleonic Wars during the War of the Third Coalition. It was fought on December 2, 1805 about four miles (6.4 km) east of the modern ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/29/the-napoleon-show-14-the-sun-of-austerlitz/ Cameron, Barbara, David Originally uploaded by cameronreilly. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/10/cameron-reilly-barbara-markham-david-markham/ On the last show I briefly mentioned that I had read about various banking families of Europe who profited from the Napoleonic Wars. Here's what Wikipedia has to say about the Rothschild Family: The basis for the Rothschild fortune was laid during the latter stages of the Napoleonic Wars. From 1813 ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/09/the-rothschild-family-and-the-napoleonic-wars/ Cameron & David 2 Originally uploaded by cameronreilly. Here's a snap of David and I after our recording session in San Francisco, November 2006. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/09/cameron-david-in-san-francisco/ Has anyone seen The Campaigns of Napoleon DVD pack? It looks like it came out a few months ago but there don't seem to be any reviews for it on Amazon. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/07/the-campaigns-of-napoleon-dvd/ [audio:http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_napoleon_20061106_013.mp3] dowload link This episode is pretty special - David and I recorded it sitting together, in the same hotel room, same city, same country and, as David likes to point out, on the same day (usually we’re in completely different timezones). As we were both in a strange city (San Francisco) ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/07/napoleon-13-the-war-of-the-third-coalition/ [audio:http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_napoleon_20061026_012.mp3] Download NAPOLEON #12 Napoleon crowned himself "Emperor Of The French" (as opposed to "Emperor of France", an important distinction) on 2 December 1804 at Notre Dame de Paris. In this episode, we discuss in detail the events leading up to the Coronation, the reasons for it, the arguments against ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/10/27/napoleon-12-emperor-of-the-french/ Originally uploaded by OllieD. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/09/30/napoleon-vu-de-la-grotte/ Romeo, Juliette and Napoleon Originally uploaded by Arnold Pouteau's. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/09/28/romeo-juliette-and-napoleon/ [audio:http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_napoleon_20060920_011.mp3] Download And Save After the signing of The Treaty of Luneville in February 1801, France was at peace with every country in Europe. Only Britian stood in the way of a total peace. Listen in as JDM and I discuss some of the key events of the following period: William Pitt had ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/09/20/napoleon-11-peace-with-britian/ Cherbourg02.JPG Originally uploaded by aurensfromarabia. Cherbourg-Octeville is a town and commune in Normandy, north-west France. David and I will be recording a new episode next week folks, so please stay tuned! We will be covering the tentative peace Napoleon signed with England known as the Treaty of ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/09/12/napoleon-at-cherbourg/ Belle Alliance II Originally uploaded by hotnacho. Monument Memorial where Napoleon was defeated in the Battle of Waterloo. Legend has it that the Lion was cast from the bronze of the weapons the French left behind on the battlefield. The tungsten lights that form the orange glow are from ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/08/25/butte-du-lion-the-lions-mound/ Little man in a bi-ig coat . . . Originally uploaded by batgirlsuz. Imagine how the simple grey redingcote and unadorned black bicorne, with the relatively modest dark green coat of the undress of a mere Colonel of the Chasseurs a Cheval of the Guard, made the Emperor stand out against the ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/08/25/the-grey-riding-coat/ [audio:http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_napoleon_20060811_010.mp3] Download And Save In this episode we explore First Consul Bonaparte's failed attempts to make peace with the Kings of England and Austria after he took power in 1799 and the subsequent French campaign into Italy to regain the territory lost to the Austrians since Napoleon's original Italian campaign. We also cover: The ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/08/11/napoleon-10-the-battle-of-marengo/ [audio:http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_napoleon_20060804_009.mp3] Download And Save In 1799, when Napoleon became First Consul of France, he started a series of important domestic reforms which were revolutionary in Europe, many of which survive to this day. In this episode, we depart from Napoleon's military triumphs and demonstrate a less-appreciated aspect of his career - his ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/08/04/napoleon-9-domestic-affairs/ If you're interested in seeing what the field of Waterloo looks like circa July 2006, check out this great series of photos. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/07/28/waterloo-2006/ (mp3 - 31Mb - 45mins) [audio:http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_napoleon_20060630_008.mp3] Download And Save When we last left Napoleon he was leaving Egypt in the middle of the night to sail quickly back to a corrupt and floundering Paris. In this episode, we talk about: the corruption of the Directory the various plots to overthrow the Revolutionary Government Napoleon's failed attempt ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/07/07/napoleon-8-the-coup-of-18-brumaire/ As you may have heard on our Egypt podcast, some of David's personal collection is currently on display at The Dahesh Museum of Art exhibit Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt. The museum also has their very first Podcast featuring Bob Brier, Ph.D., renowned Egyptologist ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/07/01/the-dahesh-museums-napoleon-podcast/ (mp3 - 31Mb - 90mins) [audio:http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_napoleon_20060628_007.mp3] Download And Save Is it just me or are these shows gradually getting longer? :-) When we last left Napoleon, he had concluded the Italian Campaign with the treaty of Campo Formio and was a national hero. In this episode we talk about the Egyptian Campaign of 1798-99: Too ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/06/28/napoleon-7-the-egyptian-campaign/ Hsinchu · Guqifeng Originally uploaded by jlin45d. Oh this is a classic! http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/06/26/napoleon-on-top-of-the-mens-room/ Our apologies folks. Unfortunately David has had to take an unscheduled trip out of town for a few weeks and it has meant delaying the next show. The Pyramids will have to wait another couple of weeks. Until then, I discovered this site tonight which I thought I'd share with ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/06/26/a-short-delay-with-maps/ Les Invalides Originally uploaded by cbonney. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/06/13/les-invalides/ DSC07580 Originally uploaded by Guillaume Laforge. I've been here. Terrific experience. I highly recommend it if you're going to Paris. It's out in the 'burbs, a few bus trips out of the CBD, but amazing to walk the halls and grounds of La Malmaison and think about ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/06/11/malmaison/ De kroning van Napoleon Originally uploaded by Antoon's Foobar. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/05/26/de-kroning-van-napoleon/ (mp3 - 26Mb - 73mins) [audio:http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_napoleon_20060523_006.mp3] Download And Save When we last left Napoleon, he had taken the helm of the Army of Italy and was proving his brilliance in matters of strategy and tactics. In this episode we dicuss: The Battle of Lodi The Kellerman incident The Bridge over Arcola The Papal States The Battle of Rivoli The ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/05/23/napoleon-5-the-army-of-italy-part-two/ national-Nappe Originally uploaded by syrtveit. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/05/22/national-nappe/ Tombeau de Napoléon Originally uploaded by limvirak. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/05/22/tombeau-de-napoleon-2/ Statut de Napoléon 1er_Colonne Vendôme Originally uploaded by olia717. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/05/22/statut-de-napoleon-1er_colonne-vendome/ Tombeau de Napoléon Originally uploaded by philippe brevet. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/05/12/tombeau-de-napoleon/ (mp3 - 26Mb - 63mins) [audio:http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_napoleon_20060509_005.mp3] Download And Save Napoleon is made Commander-In-Chief of the Army of France in Italy by Paul Barras in March 1796 (one week before he married Josephine). A couple of days later, he leaves to join his new command. In this episode, we talk about: Building a winning army • ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/05/09/napoleon-5-the-army-of-italy-part-one/ le Louvre Originally uploaded by mfdudu. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/05/09/le-louvre/ Napoleonic Code Originally uploaded by baralbion. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/05/09/napoleonic-code-2/ Where Napoleon was wounded Regensburg Originally uploaded by orclimber. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/05/09/where-napoleon-was-wounded-regensburg/ Emperor of all he surveys Originally uploaded by Tampen. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/05/09/emperor-of-all-he-surveys/ I Napoleon Originally uploaded by Zoe_S. http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/05/09/i-napoleon/ (mp3 - 15Mb - 43mins) [audio:http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_napoleon_20060401_004.mp3] Download And Save We left Napoleon in late 1795, having broken the back of the Paris insurgency with a "whiff of grapeshot". For his efforts he was made Commander of the Army of the Interior, the largest armed force in France, with the rank of general de ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/05/01/napoleon-004/ David was interviewed recently by The Observer newspaper in the UK about the upcoming films on Napoleon's friendship on St Helena with Betsy Balcombe. Unfortunately the article doesn't mention our friend Staton Rabin, who wrote a book on the friendship which is being used as the source material for the other ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/04/02/napoleon-betsy-movie-update/ Napoleon #003 (mp3 - 18Mb - 50mins) Download The Show Here In Episode #3 of Napoleon 101, we pick up where we left last time - Napoleon has just won the Battle of Toulon and is made a Brigadier General. He is 24. This brings us to 1794 and the events of the ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/03/30/napoleon-003-thermidor-and-a-whiff-of-grapeshot/ I'm going to set up links to Google Maps of Napoleonic sites as we journey through this show. For those of you not familiar with Europe, it might help to put some tales into context. So, in order to start the beginning, here's a link to Napoleon's house in Ajaccio. If you ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/03/06/visit-napoleons-house/ Napoleon #002 (mp3 - 16Mb - 46mins) Download The Show Here In Episode #2 of Napoleon 101, we start the story of Napoleon's life with his birth in the town of Ajaccio on the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean. We then cover: The political environment of Corsica His father Carlo's relationship with the ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/02/25/napoleon-002-early-life-and-military-career/ Who reads Napoleonic literature? Sir Anthony O'Reilly, that's who. Executive Chairman of Independent News and Media, Sir Tony has just written an excellent review of Adam Zamoyski's "1812: Napoleon's Fatal March On Moscow" for the NZ Herald. I'm currently reading it as well and enjoying it very much. Zamoyski really drags you into ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/02/10/sir-tony-oreilly-reviews-zamoyskis-1812/ Napoleon 101 #001 (mp3 - 24Mb - 68 mins) PRESS PLAY [audio:http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_napoleon_20060702_001.mp3] Download The Show Here Welcome to the first episode of Napoleon 101! David and I are very excited about creating this show and the rest of the series. If you are new to the show, and want to know the background to the ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/02/06/napoleon-101-episode-001/ Who was Napoleon Bonaparte? Why have more books been written about this man than anyone else in history apart from perhaps Jesus Christ? And why are so many people around the world fascinated with his story? Was he a tyrant? Was he, as Chateaubriand said, 'mightiest breath of life ... http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/01/24/hello-world/