Episodes

  • The British Army - The Politics of War
    Nov 24 2024

    In the second instalment of the series, Kevin Linch returns to talk about the politics behind how the British Army operated, the role of the king, and turmoil of the regency, and the implications of Britain's global mindset on how the army went about its business.


    Georgian Army officers database: https://www.georgianarmyofficers.org

    Buy Kevin's book: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-British-Army-17831815-Hardback/p/24416

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Forgotten Voices of the Home Front: Patriotic Women in Napoleonic Britain
    Nov 20 2024

    Emma MacLeod returns for the second instalment of the double bill on women and patriotism in Britain during the Napoleonic Wars. We talk about the shifts in mood over Britain's involvement in the war, how women were an equally energetic discussant of politics, and the implications of all of this on a wider scale.

    Read about Emma's research and find information on how to buy her books here: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/255910#panel_1_3

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Captives of Liberty
    Nov 17 2024

    What happens when you have prisoners of war, yet neither side is willing to acknowledge the legitimacy of the others' combatants?

    This was precisely the problem at play during the American War of Independence/Revolution. Award winning historian Trenton Cole Jones joins Zack and the Beau to explore this knotty problem, whilst Zack speculates that this conflict was the American Civil War 0.5, English Civil War 2.0 and British Civil War (no, we have no idea either!).

    Find out more about Trenton's work at: https://www.cla.purdue.edu/directory/profiles/t.-cole-jones.html

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Napoleon's Greatest Marshals - Round 5 - Oudinot x Poniatowski x Grouchy x Marmont
    Nov 15 2024

    Who was Napoleon's greatest marshal? The final heat of the series examining Napoleon's best and brightest commanders features a series of underdogs, as pitches are heard for Oudinot, Poniatowski, Grouchy and Marmont. Who will triumph, and claim the final semi-final places?

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Fit to Command? The Officers of King George’s army
    Nov 13 2024

    Steve Brown joins us to discuss what it took to command within the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars. We explore a wide range of issues including their social structure, advancement and the pressures due to atritional losses.

    Steve Brown - Biography | Helion & Company | Military History Books

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • The 18th Century Way of War
    Nov 6 2024

    In the first instalment of a new series on the show, we explore the nature of warfare in the 18th century, as we endeavour to understand the origins and impacts of key themes, ideas and trends that straddle the 1750-1820 period.

    Guests Andrew Dorman, Alex Burns and Robbie MacNiven help us probe into the myths of conflict during the period.

    Buy Alex's book: https://www.helion.co.uk/people/alexander-s-burns.php?sid=a3102760a9f413f6c3bfded3ceefb79b

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Music in the Napoleonic Wars with Christopher Kimbell
    Nov 3 2024

    Amidst the upheavals of the Napoleonic era, European music was undergoing a profound transformation of its own. Today, Christopher Kimbell talks us through key developments in Western art music during the age of Napoleon. And Zack exposes himself as a Swiftie.


    Christopher Kimbell's brand new book can be found here!:

    https://www.routledge.com/Tradition-Community-and-Nationhood-in-Richard-Wagners-Die-Meistersinger-von-Nurnberg/Kimbell/p/book/9781032390321?srsltid=AfmBOopVbKYeQw4xXzSuguMeruQ_oNdC4K3l_ZuP8K9mwezMDx_7F75s

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Marching and Merching the Napoleonic Wars (Pod)
    Nov 1 2024

    The Podcast’s Quartermaster Liam Telfer joins Zack to unveil a new line of apparel that will put your lace-clad friends to shame.


    We talk about why we’ve chosen to embark on this sartorial adventure, the joys of modelling merch in a balmy Waterloo dawn, and Zack goes off on a bizarre anecdote about battlefield dogs (don't ask - we edited most of it out!).

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    Contact the show at napwarspod@gmail.com

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    36 mins