Alexander Mikaberidze, Professor of History and Ruth Herring Noel Endowed Chair at Louisiana State University and author of The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History, joins the show to talk about director Ridley Scott’s Napoleon.
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Times
• 02:54 Introduction
• 04:52 First reactions
• 08:18 Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon
• 15:12 Propaganda of the time
• 17:14 No invention needed
• 21:22 Wellington and Talleyrand
• 23:24 Napoleon: Master Tactician
• 27:35 Waterloo
• 33:45 Josephine and Elba
• 35:44 More Napoleon content
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