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🗓️ 28 August 2023
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December 2nd is a special date for those fascinated by Napoleon Bonaparte. Not only is this the date he crowned himself Emperor of France in 1804, but also the date of his greatest victory a year later, the Battle of Austerlitz. James Rogers is joined by world-leading historian Andrew Roberts to dissect the conditions, tactics and aftermath of Napoleon's greatest battle.
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First published February 2022
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1:35.0 | I'm your host James Rogers. |
1:38.0 | This one takes us right back to the start to our beginning of this podcast. |
1:42.0 | It brings us in to a focus on Napoleon and his greatest |
1:46.5 | victory the Battle of Austolitz to take us through this we have one of the world's |
1:51.6 | leading historians |
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