How did the British manage to help an entire Spanish army escape from Central Europe so that they could be shipped home to fight in the Peninsular War? John Marsden joins us to explore the story of 'Napoleon's stolen army', and how these Spanish troops and British intrigue managed to pull off one of the most audacious and little known operations of the Napoleonic Wars.Support the show at patreon.com/thenapoleonicwarspodBuy John's book at: https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/napoleons-stolen-army-how-the-royal-navy-rescued-a-spanish-army-in-the-baltic.php
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Building the US government
What did the Founding Fathers really want the government to look like? Peter Kastor's new digital history project - "Creating a Federal Government" - looks beyond the elected politicians at the top to provide some answers to this and other questions . He joins Josh and Luke to talk all about it.Check out the project here.
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Wellington Congress - A Hot Mic Special
Rory Butcher, Liam Telfer, William Fletcher, Beatrice de Graaf and Karen Robson join Luke, Zack and Josh for a series of Vox pops live from the Wellington Congress, organised by the University of Southampton's Special Collections Department.Special Collections (Wellington Papers): https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archives/index.pageRory Butcher: https://x.com/RMB_History William Fletcher: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/william-fletcher#:~:text=He%20is%20an%20elected%20Associate,Historical%20Research%2C%20University%20of%20London.Josh Provan's blog: https://adventuresinhistoryland.com/2014/03/17/the-duke-and-the-tsar-part-1/Support the show at https://patreon.com/thenapoleonicwarspod
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The British Officers
Professor Kevin Linch joins us again for our second part of episode covering all things British Officer. Professor Linch is a Professor of Modern History at the University of Leeds. He specialises in the history of Britain in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, focusing on the history of Britain's armed forces and their relationship to wider political, social, and cultural trends. His is the author of the recently published Pen and Sword Books: The British Army, 1783–1815 - Hardback and Britain and Wellington's Army: Recruitment, Society and Tradition, 1807-15 | SpringerLink. Working with Dr Simon Quinn, he has also recently launched an online database of British Army Officers, available at georgianarmyofficers.org.Our deep dive into all things British Army Officer continues with a look at patronage, the things that divided officers from the ranks and file, their past times and their wives on campaign. Watch this space for even more exciting content with Kevin coming soon.
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State of the Union - 5th Anniversary Special
Happy Birthday to the Napoleonic Wars Podcast!We see in the fifth year of the show with a special State of the Union episode, in which we get heated about the extent to which the British firebombing Copenhagen was justifiable, Zack and Luke go off on one about the 1857 India Mutiny (yeah, I know, Liam was exasperated too), and The Beau asks supposedly important questions about medals and cloak chains...We also feature a few of you lovely people talking about what the show means to you.https://linktr.ee/napwarspod
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All the angles on all the people from the period 1775-1815, this podcast offers a rich array of interviews, narratives and opinion pieces on a vast range of topics. Ideal for specialists and newcomers to the period alike. You can support this content & get exclusive perks at: www.patreon.com/thenapoleonicwarspod
Hosted by Napoleonic historians Dr Zack White, Dr Luke Reynolds, Liam Telfer and Josh Redden. Social media by Zoe Gould.
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