The Napoleonic Quarterly
By Quartermaster Productions
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Episodes: 180
Description
Taking the epic conflicts of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars three months at a time. Each episode features interviews with leading historians of the period - covering the campaigns, diplomacy and political dramas of an extraordinary 24 years.
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Napoleon's pear-shaped ambitions (Screenplay plotting, 60-75mins)
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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1797 recap: The frenzy of victory
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May 28, 2026 |
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Towards the midpoint: Love triangles and military montages (Screenplay plotting, 45-60mins)
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May 21, 2026 |
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1796 recap: The rockstar general
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May 13, 2026 |
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What every Napoleon movie needs: The promise of the premise (Screenplay plotting, minutes 30-45)
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May 06, 2026 |
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1795 recap: Revolutionary reverberations
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May 01, 2026 |
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Crossing the Lodi threshold (screenplay plotting - minutes 15-30)
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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1794 recap: Robespierre's Terror trap
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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Napoleon's inciting incident ISN'T Toulon... (screenplay plotting - minutes 0-15)
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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1793 recap: Spreading Revolution, escalating wars
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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Let's write a Napoleon movie! (screenplay plotting - initial scoping)
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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1792 recap: The French Revolution firestorm
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Production update: Launch the relaunch!
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Coronation drama: Josephine, the Pope, and Napoleon's crowning moment (w/Ambrogio Caiani)
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Battlefield despatches: Rivoli, Q1-1797
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Marathas at War: The Rise of Holkar and the Second Anglo-Maratha Conflict
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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Episode 52: Q4-1804 - Three empires
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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The US Navy vs the Barbary Corsairs
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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Battlefield despatches: Castiglione, Q3-1796
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Beyond the musical: Hamilton's complex second act (w/Peter Kastor)
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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Episode 51: Q3-1804 - Pirates and emperors
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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Battlefield despatches: Piedmont, Q2-1796
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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The Empire’s last act: Ritual, rivalry, and the end of old Germany (w/ Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger)
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Mapping the great unknown
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Episode 50: Q2-1804 - The imperial dignity
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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ADAM ZAMOYSKI on the Napoleonic soap opera
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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Power plays in the Caucasus: Georgia, Russia and imperial expansion (w/ Giorgi Tchkadua)
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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Ready for war: France in 1804-5 (w/ Alan Forrest)
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Episode 49: Q1-1804 - Conspiracists and conspirators
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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Battlefield despatches: Dego, Q2-1796
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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From Toulon to the Nile: Rival fleets and the struggle for Mediterranean supremacy
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Sep 13, 2025 |
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1804-5: What to discuss?
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Episode 48: Q4-1803 - Haiti, free at last
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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Battlefield despatches: Assaye, Sep 23rd 1803
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Nelson's patent bridge: The Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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Napoleonic Qs #6: The Royal Navy's PR machine, elite units, Suvorov in 1799
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Episode 47: Q3-1803 - Enter Wellesley
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Jul 12, 2025 |
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Medical miseries of the Napoleonic Wars (w/Martin Howard)
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Production update: June 2025
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Napoleonic Qs #5: Bonapartist ghosts, British baddies, French brinkmanship
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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Beating Napoleon: A lost 2013 interview with David Andress
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Episode 46: Q2-1803 - The Napoleonic Wars
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Exploring Napoleonic Malta (w/ Liam Gauci)
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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What led to... the Louisiana Purchase? (w/Peter Kastor)
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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[PILOT] Battlefield despatches: Montenotte, 12 Apr 1796
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Episode 45: Q1-1803 - The dying peace
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Indian soldiers and the British Empire (w/Ravindra Rathee)
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Napoleon's Switzerland triumph, 1802-3 (w/Biancamaria Fontana)
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Redrawing Germany's political map (w/ Michael Rowe)
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Episode 44: Q4-1802 - The bloody quadrupeds
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul (w/ Alan Forrest)
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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The Glorious First of June: Howe v Villaret-Joyeuse, 1 June 1794
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Hilary Mantel's A Place Of Greater Safety and the French Revolution (w/William Doyle)
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Episode 43: Q3-1802 - Pushing the boundaries
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Christmas special: Napoleonic Secret Santa!
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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PHILIP DWYER on Napoleonic violence
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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Meet the Ottomans (w/ Michael Talbot)
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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Episode 42: Q2-1802 - The plot against Toussaint
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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The NQ masterplan
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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Are we getting battles all wrong? (w/Graeme Callister)
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Q&A: The French Revolutionary Wars
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Episode 41: Q1-1802 - Saint-Domingue burns
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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1802-03: PLANNING MEETING!
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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The Battles of Algeciras: Saumarez v Linois, June-July 1801
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Napoleonic D-Day: The British in Egypt, 1801 (w/Phil Ball)
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Episode 40: Q4-1801 - 'Vive Bonaparte!'
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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The French Institute in Egypt: What did they achieve?
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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MARLENE DAUT on the Haitian Revolution
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Napoleonic Qs #4: Your questions answered
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Episode 39: Q3-1801 - Bargaining chips
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Strategic insights: The Black Sea, then and now
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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MARK LAWRENCE on Spain's 'Black Legend'
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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The Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801: Fischer v Nelson
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Episode 38: Q2-1801 - Nelson's blind eye
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Pitt's dilemmas: British politics in the 1790s
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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William Wordsworth: The Revolution betrayed
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Jun 22, 2024 |
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Malta: At the crossroads of the Napoleonic era
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Episode 37: Q1-1801 - The bedroom assassins
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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KATHY BURK on diplomatic history
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May 30, 2024 |
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In conversation: Alan Forrest and Charles Esdaile
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May 22, 2024 |
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LOUIS SARKOZY on Napoleon’s Library
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May 15, 2024 |
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In conversation: Michael Broers and Charles Esdaile
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May 09, 2024 |
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Production update: Charles, slaynt vie déy gerrid!
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May 09, 2024 |
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Containing Russia: Lessons from history
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May 02, 2024 |
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The wider world in 1800
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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The Battle of Hohenlinden, 3 December 1800: Moreau v John
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Episode 36: Q4-1800 - Infernal Machine
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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150-158mins: Our conclusions will SHOCK you!! The 'Napoleon' Movie... Quarter-Hourly
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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135-150mins: Ghostefine - The 'Napoleon' Movie... Quarter-Hourly
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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120-135mins: Ticking Blücher clock - The 'Napoleon' Movie, Quarter-Hourly
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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105-120mins: "Waaahh!" The 'Napoleon' Movie... Quarter-Hourly
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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90-105mins: "Mistaken ambition" - The 'Napoleon' Movie... Quarter-Hourly
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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75-90mins: 'Higher' ground? The 'Napoleon' Movie... Quarter-Hourly
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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60-75mins: The Lamb Chop of Destiny - The 'Napoleon' Movie... Quarter-Hourly
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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45-60mins: BOATS! The 'Napoleon' Movie... Quarter-Hourly
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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30-45mins: Mummy issues? The 'Napoleon' Movie... Quarter-Hourly
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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15-30mins: "Look down..." The 'Napoleon' Movie... Quarter-Hourly
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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0-15mins: "Move them goats!" The 'Napoleon' Movie... Quarter-Hourly
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Episode 35: Q3-1800 - Hanging by a thread
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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The Battle of Marengo, 14 June 1800: Bonaparte v Melas
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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The Italian campaign of 1800: Bonaparte v Melas
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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The Battle of Höchstadt, 19 June 1800: Moreau v Kray
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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SAKIS GEKAS on the Ionian Islands before Greek independence
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Episode 34: Q2-1800 - The Marengo gamble
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Ukraine Quarterly #3 w/Elise Wirtschafter
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Episode 33: Q1-1800 - The new century
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Deploring Ridley Scott's 'Napoleon' (2023)
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Napoleonic Qs #3: On Ridley Scott, slavery, and a very special sword
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Napoleonic Book Picks w/Alex Mikaberidze
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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WILLIAM DOYLE on how Napoleon ended the Revolution
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Napoleonic book picks w/ Charles Esdaile
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Episode 32: Q4-1799 - The outlaw's coup
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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Napoleonic Qs #2 w/Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Episode 31: Q3-1799 - Shifting sands
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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1800-01: Planning meeting!
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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JONATHAN NORTH on 'Nelson's war crime'
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Episode 30: Q2-1799 - The Zurichberg vomited flame
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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DAVID HOLLINS banging the Austrian drum
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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CHARLES MACKAY on the unlikeable Jean-Andoche Junot
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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PATREON LAUNCH: An NQ revolution?
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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ELISE WIRTSCHAFTER on rethinking Russia
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Episode 29: Q1-1799 - Defiance at Acre
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May 27, 2023 |
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EVERETT RUMMAGE on The Age Of Napoleon
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May 01, 2023 |
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Episode 28: Q4-1798 - Cairo crushed
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Why Britain's Royal Navy Ruled The Waves, w/Andrew Lambert and Rachel Blackman-Rogers
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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Episode 27: Q3-1798 - Nelson's Nile shockwave
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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JOSH PROVAN Adventuring into Historyland
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Ukraine Quarterly #2 w/ Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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Episode 26: Q2-1798 - Destination Egypt
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Napoleonic Qs #1 w/Phil Ball and Rachel Blackman-Rogers
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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FRANK COGLIANO on being American in the 1790s
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Episode 25: Q1-1798 - Pontivexed
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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Season 4 trailer: 1798-9
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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MICHAEL BROERS on 'the famous delinquent' Napoleon
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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RACHEL BLACKMAN-ROGERS on Britain's maritime strategic transformation
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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RUTH SCURR on Napoleon's green fingers
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Episode 24: Q4-1797 - La Grande Nation
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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Episode 23: Q3-1797 - Disaster at Tenerife
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Ukraine Quarterly #1
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May 17, 2022 |
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Episode 22: Q2-1797 - Rogue statesman
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May 07, 2022 |
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Episode 21: Q1-1797 - Italian breakthrough
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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CIARÁN McDONNELL on Irish soldiers in the Age of Revolutions
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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BIANCAMARIA FONTANA on living with France's past
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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RICK SCHNEID on Bonaparte the rookie
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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Episode 20: Q4-1796 - The shadow of Russia
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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Episode 19: Q3-1796 - Out of the trap
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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Episode 18: Q2-1796 - An Italian whirlwind
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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Episode 17: Q1-1796 - Directory dilemmas
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Jan 08, 2022 |
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Season 3 trailer: 1796-7
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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ADAM ZAMOYSKI on pitying Napoleon
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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GARRY WILLS from Boxtel to Villamuriel
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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MARY ROBINSON on the King of Rome's governess
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Episode 16: Q4-1795 - The whiff of grapeshot
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Sep 04, 2021 |
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Episode 15: Q3-1795 - The Revolution sells out
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Aug 28, 2021 |
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Episode 14: Q2-1795 - The coalition collapses
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Episode 13: Q1-1795 - Prayers for peace
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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RAFE BLAUFARB on the French military machine
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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PAUL DEMET on the overlooked 1790s
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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MARISA LINTON on Bonaparte the opportunist
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Episode 12: Q4-1794 - Finis Poloniae
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Episode 11: Q3-1794 - Robespierre removed
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Episode 10: Q2-1794 - The Glorious First
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Episode 09: Q1-1794 - Purges in Paris
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Season 2 trailer: 1794-5
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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CHARLES ESDAILE vs the Napoleonic myth
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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JACQUELINE REITER on Sir Home 'Facepalm' Popham
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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PHILIP BALL on the farcical French Revolutionary Wars
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Mar 20, 2021 |
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Episode 08: Q4-1793 - The Vendée horror
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Mar 13, 2021 |
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Episode 07: Q3-1793 - The bloody Terror
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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Episode 06: Q2-1793 - The Jacobin takeover
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Feb 27, 2021 |
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Episode 05: Q1-1793 - To kill a king
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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ALEXANDER MIKABERIDZE on the global Napoleonic Wars
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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CHRISTY PICHICHERO on black lives in the 1790s
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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DAVID ANDRESS on the French Revolution's suspicious minds
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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*Production update*
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Episode 04: Q4-1792 - The Jemappes rabble
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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Episode 03: Q3-1792 - The Valmy surprise
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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Episode 02: Q2-1792 - War!
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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Episode 01: Q1-1792 - On the brink
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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Episode 00: Introducing The Napoleonic Quarterly
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Jan 01, 2021 |