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Welcome to the Age of Napoleon.

Episode 9, The Iron Soil of Corsica.

Thanks for joining me.

Well, we're back to the main narrative. This episode we'll be discussing Napoleon Bonaparte's roots.

At various times in his career, Napoleon either emphasized or downplayed his Corsican origins in public, which ever looked more advantageous given the circumstances.

But his own writings and private correspondence make it clear he was profoundly influenced by the history and culture of the island where he was born.

Napoleon left Corsica as a child and only spent a few years on the island as an adult. But during his adolescence he saw himself and was seen by others as a Corsican rather than a Frenchman.

The Corsican language, an Italian dialect, was his native tongue, and he never lost his fluency.

The young Napoleon really was a foreigner, until the revolution Corsica was an overseas possession of the French king, not a part of France itself.

The distinction wasn't purely legal. The language, culture, and history were very different from the mainland.

You might compare Corsica's relationship to France in this period to the status of Puerto Rico

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