Napoleon Part 6: Showdown at Waterloo

Real Dictators

NOISER

History, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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With Napoleon deposed and in exile, it appears to be game over. But even now he is planning a comeback. After the mother of all prison breaks, Napoleon marches back up through France. Reinstating himself as emperor, he will rally his troops for one last battle... A Noiser production, written by Jeff Dawson. This is Part 6 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	Plymouth, England, July 29, 1815.
0:08.0	The port has never witnessed anything like it.
0:11.4	Howes in the sound hundreds of small vessels swirl around causing mayhem.
0:16.7	Yacht's, rowing boats, pleasure crout, all vie for position, jostling each other in a
0:23.2	feeding frenzy.
0:27.6	The object of their fascination is a royal naval warship which sits out at anchor, HMS
0:34.3	Beleraform, or rather its passenger.
0:41.1	He is a distinguished fellow, ex-Empire of France, Bechtmar of the British establishment,
0:48.3	and he's currently being detained at his majesty's pleasure.
0:53.3	Little fishermen hiring out skiffs have made a killing, in some cases literally.
0:59.0	As day trippers scrap for a glimpse of the Corsica and Oga, boats have capsized, some have
1:05.2	drowned.
1:07.0	Another ten thousand watched this madness from the shore.
1:14.0	It was two weeks ago in France at Rochford that Napoleon Bonaparte stepped aboard, turning
1:20.6	himself in after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.
1:25.2	HMS Beleraform, or Billy Ruffian as the crew call her, had proceeded across the English
1:30.9	channel.
1:31.9	It had put in at the fishing village of Brickson, the identity of its prisoner had closely
1:37.7	guarded secret.
1:40.2	Unfortunately for the admiralty, loose-lipped matelows keen to impress the local girls had
1:46.4	bragged about their star guest. Thus, the ship was moved on to Plymouth, to the supposed
1:53.3	greater security of the naval base.
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