Napoleonic Wars podcast episodes

Adam Zamoyski offers his views on the iconic French leader, exploring how his stellar career was driven by insecurities

Cynthia Saltzman reveals how the French leader plundered Europe’s greatest works of art

Mike Rapport tackles listener questions about the 19th-century conflicts that tore Europe apart and had repercussions across the globe

Zack White details the crimes and punishments in the Duke of Wellington’s army during the Napoleonic wars

Andrew Roberts reflects on some of the greatest and most nefarious war leaders of the past and considers what traits they shared

Sam Willis describes the 1805 British naval victory and challenges misconceptions about the importance of the battle in the war against Napoleon

Luke Reynolds considers why the 1815 battle of Waterloo remains so prominent in the British imagination several centuries on

Julian Humphrys and Tim Blanning discuss Napoleon’s final defeat as we reach the bicentenary of the famous battle

Helen Berry gives a lecture on the extraordinary story of an 18th-century foundling, George King

Professor Gary Sheffield describes the political talents of the Duke of Wellington