Friday, 21 July 2023

Adam Zamoyski on Napoleon (podcast)

To mark the upcoming Ridley Scott epic, Dan Snow has reissued the "History Hit" podcast in which he discusses the early life of Napoleon with  Adam Zamoyski, author of Napoleon: a life (2018).


Napoleon - Dan Snow's History Hit | Acast

For me,  Adam Zamoyski's biography is by far the most penetrating available.  Here he is pricking the balloon of Napoleon's greatness in debate with Andrew Roberts.  (Worryingly, he lost the vote -  people still seem to want a hero?):

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