Nigel Worden joins us to discuss a huge yet unique slave rebellion that broke out in Napoleonic era South Africa... Read about Nigel's research here: https://humanities.uct.ac.za/department-historical-studies/people-emeritus-staff/emeritus-professor-nigel-worden Check out his book here: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Making-of-Modern-South-Africa-by-Nigel-Worden/9780470656334
The farm of Gemioncourt of the Quatre Bras battlefield is under threat. In this special bulletin, Zack White unveils a new initiative 'Heritage 1815', which is fighting to safeguard the site, stop any prospect of bulldozers going near it, and look to find a way that Gemioncourt can become a place of learning for people to better understand the Battle of Quatre Bras, its significance in the Waterloo campaign, and wider European history. Join the Heritage 1815 mailing list at www.heritage1815.com ...
Did Britain suffer its worst defeat of the Napoleonic Wars at Bergen Op Zoom in 1814? If so, why? And how could this happen when the British Army was supposedly at the height of its powers in 1814? Andrew Bamford joins us for the concluding episode of his two part series looking at the British campaign in the Low Countries in 1813 and 1814. We discuss the bombardment of Antwerp, why it was doomed to failure in the first place, and what the British did next, leading to the attack on Bergen op Zoo...
David Head returns to discuss a group of American rogues and their huge designs for a spinoff of the Spanish American Wars of Independence... in Florida. Read about David Head's research here: https://www.davidheadhistory.com/about
Peter Kastor returns to talk about Washington's domestic administration, foreign policy and his legacy. Creating a Federal Government project:https://creatingafederalgovernment.wustl.edu/ Peter Kastor's profile: https://history.wustl.edu/people/peter-kastor
In 1795, the biggest slave rebellion in British history erupted on the island of Grenada. Led by Julien Fédon, it threatened to turn the Caribbean upside down... Read about Kit Candlin's research here: https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/kit-candlin
David Hopkin of Oxford University joins us to discuss the women - real and symbolic - who fought in the Grande Armée in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Who were they? How many of them were there? And how did pull it off? Check out the Folklore Society here: https://folklore-society.com/ Read about David's research here: https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/people/david-hopkin
Matthew Taylor joins us for the second part of a long-anticipated and fascinating interview on the subject of his first book: The Corps of Colonial Marines, aka 'The Black Redcoats'. Matt's book: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Black-Redcoats-Hardback/p/49346 Check out our socials, join our mailing list or browse our shop at: https://linktr.ee/napwarspod...
Pirates, privateers, smugglers - whatever you call them they are fascinating! David Head joins us to talk about the early United States, the Spanish American Wars of Independence and a group of maritime brigands who took matters into their own hands... Read about David Head's research here: https://www.davidheadhistory.com/
Kevin Linch joins us for the fourth part of a long-anticipated and fascinating series on all things British Army. Check out Kevin's book, the inspiration for this series here: Pen and Sword Books: The British Army, 1783–1815 - Hardback Kevin's other work includes: Britain and Wellington's Army: Recruitment, Society and Tradition, 1807-15 | SpringerLink Check out our socials, join our mailing list or browse our shop at: https://linktr.ee/napwarspod...
In the second instalment of the Birth of America series we welcome Peter Kastor to discuss the presidency of the most famous Founding Father... Creating a Federal Government project: https://creatingafederalgovernment.wustl.edu/ Peter Kastor's profile: https://history.wustl.edu/people/peter-kastor...
Religious discrimination is a problem as old as religion itself. For those living in Britain in the early 19th Century a long shadow of religious turmoil lay thick over society. Memories of papist plots, civil wars and the religious roller coaster of succesive Tudor monarchies may have been more than a century in the past but they had dominated the conversaion leading to stigmatisation and the exculsion of Catholicism on a government sanctioned scale. But what, if anything did this mean for the ...
Brendan Tam joins us to talk about friendship in politics, why party political alliances are much murkier than we tend to think, and how patronage could become an instrument of blackmail in the 18th century. Support our work at https://www.patreon.com/c/thenapoleonicwarspod
Andrew Dorman and Zack have a 'ding dong' about whether civilian courts were more or less lenient than military ones, and why the Irish Military Establishment really wasn't as rubbish as people claim. We also discuss wardrobe malfunctions and Zack whines about the cold for the umpteen-thousandth time. Support our work at https://www.patreon.com/c/thenapoleonicwarspod
Seth Le Jacq joins us to discuss his research in how the Royal Navy prosecuted homosexuality during the 18th century, in an interview that set fire to the question list and was run entirely off the cuff, in possibly the most lively and wide-ranging episode we've ever done. Find out more about Seth's work: https://www.sethlejacq.com Support us at https://www.patreon.com/c/thenapoleonicwarspod...
Dr Clementine Garcenot, Severine Angers and Ella Harford take time out of the British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Conference to talk about their research into women in the French Revolution, mourning in the Napoleonic Wars, and women's sexual deviancy in the 18th century.
Why do the Hessians get all the blame for pretty much every war crime committed during the American War of Independence? Professor Friedericke Baer joins us to talk about her book on the Hessians, who they were, where they came from, and why the often-repeated claims about them simply don't stack up with the reality. Buy Friedericke's book at: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/hessians-9780190249632?cc=gb&lang=en& Support our work at https://www.patreon.com/c/thenapoleonicwarspod...
Amy Wilson joins us for a vox-pop on her work looking at women and maternity in the 18th Century, with a particular focus on why Queen Charlotte was never painted as being pregnant, despite spending a total of 16 years of her life pregnant. Find out more about Amy's work at https://amywilsonstorey.com
Thomas Whitfield from the Georgian Group explains about the organisation's important work, how they negotiate with property owners to protect the heritage of crucial Georgian buildings, and the range of events that are open to its members. Support the Georgian Group and find out more at https://georgiangroup.org.uk
1812 was a transformative year in the Napoleonic Wars. Whilst Napoleon lauched his disastrous invasion of Russia, at the other end of the European continent his 'Spanish Ulcer' which was the Peninsular War began to bleed. As the Allies won key victories at Ciudad Rodrigo in January, Badajoz in April and Salamanca in July it opened up an opportunity that had not even been a dream for three years, the liberation of Madrid. Maintaining that liberation would be more challenging than it first appeare...
Professor Noelle Gallagher joins us for a Vox-pop from the British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Conference. Noelle schools Zack on why gout is NOT an 18th Century disease, how society viewed gout, and why it could impact on whether man was considered as 'manly'.
Dr Tom Cutterham joins us for the first episode of the Birth of America series, which will address US history from independence in 1783 up to 1825. Today, we discuss the Confederation period, in which America had 99 problems but a President wasn't one... Read about Tom's research here: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/history/cutterham-tom Follow the podcast, join our mailing list, and browse our shop at: https://linktr.ee/napwarspod
In 1813 and 1814, the British army was enjoying an unremitting period of success, or was it? Why were the British so interested in going back to the Netherlands after the disasterous expeditions of recent memory? Andrew Bamford returns to the show to talk about the British expedition to the Low Countries in 1813 and 14. We discussed the misconceptions, the characters at the heart of the story and all the action in a double bill on the campaign that is so often pushed the sidelines in favour of t...
Ben Carp joins us to talk about the fire that gutted New York during the American Revolution, how the popular history of that fire is all wrong, and why Washington wasn't quite as innocent as everyone likes to think. Buy Ben's book: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300276688/the-great-new-york-fire-of-1776/ Join our mailing list at https://linktr.ee/napwarspod...
On the anniversary of the Battle of Corunna, this episode recites the famous poem by Charles Wolfe depicting the burial of Sir John Moore, and reflect on whether these soldiers deserve better than to be curiosities in museums.
Forget Sharpe, the Light Infantry of the 18th Century are far more interesting precisely because they weren't SAS adonises led by a mullet-wearing Yorkshireman. Andrew Dorman, Alex Burns and Robbie MacNiven return in the latest instalment of our 18th Century way of war series, to talk about Light Infantry. Alex's book: https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/infantry-in-battle-1733-1783-.php Our socials and shop: https://linktr.ee/napwarspod...
Peter Smithurst joins us to talk about how the musket developed, the complexities of making large quantities of them in the 18th and 19th century, and why the French Charleville was the best of the bunch! Buy Peter's book: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Evolution-of-Gun-Making-Hardback/p/50908 Join our mailing list at https://linktr.ee/napwarspod...
Was Napoleon a democrat? Malcolm Crook returns to talk about whether 'Napoleonic democracy' is an oxymoron, what the deal was with those dodgy plebiscites, and why he's been converted towards Bonaparte in some respects when it comes to electoral systems in France during the period. Our socials, patreon and mailing list: https://linktr.ee/napwarspod
Josh Provan and Zack return to talk about Napoleon's personal descent into Spain, why British commander Sir John Moore might be overhyped, and the impact of the disastrous Corunna Campaign. Review this show on Apple Podcasts! Please, and thank you! Josh's books: https://www.helion.co.uk/people/joshua-provan.php Our social media and merch: https://linktr.ee/napwarspod...
56 months. 270 episodes. 300 hours of content. Milestone achieved.
