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Napoleon’s formative years and great thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment

In our latest podcast, Michael Broers discusses Napoleon's formative years, while Alexander Broadie looks at some of the great thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment

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Michael Broers discusses Napoleon’s formative years, while Alexander Broadie looks at some of the great thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment

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