Napoleon Part 1: The Humble Corsican

Real Dictators

NOISER

History, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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You’ve heard the name Napoleon Bonaparte. But who was he, really? In 1769 a boy is born on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. He will go on to become an emperor - a virtual god in his adopted homeland, a nemesis to his international foes. So how does Napoleon become the most powerful man on Earth? And why doesn’t he stop, even once he has it all? A Noiser production, written by Jeff Dawson. This is Part 1 of 6. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's summer, 1816.
0:04.9	We're on the windswept island of St Helena.
0:08.9	Jagged cliffs of volcanic rock
0:11.2	stab up from the breakers of the South Atlantic.
0:14.8	The land is just 10 miles long and 6 miles wide,
0:18.6	a speck in a vast hostile ocean.
0:22.8	St Helena was home to a small settlement of farmers
0:26.0	and a modest army garrison.
0:28.2	It is but a footnote in the portfolio of the British Empire.
0:34.8	Lying midway between Southwest Africa and Brazil,
0:39.0	this is one of the most remote spots on the planet.
0:42.4	Over 5,000 miles from London,
0:45.6	more pertinently, over 5,000 miles from Paris.
0:51.0	Because the newest resident on St Helena is French,
0:55.0	he is quite dangerous, or so they say.
0:59.6	The most famous or infamous Frenchman that ever lived.
1:03.8	After 20 years of unprecedented glory,
1:06.0	said gentlemen is now a prisoner of King George III.
1:11.0	Someone to be detained at his Majesty's pleasure.
1:15.0	And what pleases his Majesty is that Monsieur
1:17.0	be kept here exiled, cast away
1:21.0	with no chance of parole, let alone escape.
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