The Napoleonic Wars Podcast

Rory Butcher, Liam Telfer, William Fletcher, Beatrice de Graaf and Karen Robson join Luke, Zack and Josh for a series of Vox pops live from the Wellington Congress, organised by the University of Southampton's Special Collections Department.Special Collections (Wellington Papers): https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archives/index.pageRory Butcher: https://x.com/RMB_History William Fletcher: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/william-fletcher#:~:text=He%20is%20an%20elected%20Associate,Historical%20Research%2C%20University%20of%20London.Josh Provan's blog: https://adventuresinhistoryland.com/2014/03/17/the-duke-and-the-tsar-part-1/Support the show at https://patreon.com/thenapoleonicwarspod

Professor Kevin Linch joins us again for our second part of episode covering all things British Officer. Professor Linch is a Professor of Modern History at the University of Leeds. He specialises in the history of Britain in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, focusing on the history of Britain's armed forces and their relationship to wider political, social, and cultural trends. His is the author of the recently published Pen and Sword Books: The British Army, 1783–1815 - Hardback and Britain and Wellington's Army: Recruitment, Society and Tradition, 1807-15 | SpringerLink. Working with Dr Simon Quinn, he has also recently launched an online database of British Army Officers, available at georgianarmyofficers.org.Our deep dive into all things British Army Officer continues with a look at patronage, the things that divided officers from the ranks and file, their past times and their wives on campaign. Watch this space for even more exciting content with Kevin coming soon.

Happy Birthday to the Napoleonic Wars Podcast!We see in the fifth year of the show with a special State of the Union episode, in which we get heated about the extent to which the British firebombing Copenhagen was justifiable, Zack and Luke go off on one about the 1857 India Mutiny (yeah, I know, Liam was exasperated too), and The Beau asks supposedly important questions about medals and cloak chains...We also feature a few of you lovely people talking about what the show means to you.https://linktr.ee/napwarspod

In the next instalment of the Birth of America series, Sara Georgini joins us to discuss one of America's most contested and most consequential elections.Check out her Sara's book here:https://global.oup.com/academic/product/household-gods-9780197647219

The Peninsular War is one of our most consistently demanded topics on this podcast. Following recent requests to make access the series easier, we're compiling the 1808 related interviews into one epic 8 hour saga of an omnibus episode.Time stamps below.Topics include: where the Peninsular War came from, if Napoleon should have gone to war or could have avoided it, what happened at the Battles of Bailen, Rolica, Vimeiro, and Corunna, the controversial convention of Cintra, and whether the Peninsular War really matter.Support out work at https://www.patreon.com/c/thenapoleonicwarspodJoin our mailing list at https://23be0d79.sibforms.com/serve/MUIFAN6my1wFMTPQa6OOJRaiMuJiTTUCFyTw2ODkYM0rhwNEoOaW-r5IbPHLK3D1JtLiNHgxbeROjzf1:40 - Origins of the Peninsular War1:09:00 - The Battle and Campaign of Bailen2:33:00 - The Battles and Campaign of Rolica and Vimeiro4:13:30 - The Convention of Cintra5:12:10 - The Corunna Campaign6:30:45 - The Peninsular War - The Global Perspective

Nigel Worden joins us to discuss a huge yet unique slave rebellion that broke out in Napoleonic era South Africa...Read about Nigel's research here: https://humanities.uct.ac.za/department-historical-studies/people-emeritus-staff/emeritus-professor-nigel-wordenCheck out his book here: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Making-of-Modern-South-Africa-by-Nigel-Worden/9780470656334

The farm of Gemioncourt of the Quatre Bras battlefield is under threat. In this special bulletin, Zack White unveils a new initiative 'Heritage 1815', which is fighting to safeguard the site, stop any prospect of bulldozers going near it, and look to find a way that Gemioncourt can become a place of learning for people to better understand the Battle of Quatre Bras, its significance in the Waterloo campaign, and wider European history.Join the Heritage 1815 mailing list at www.heritage1815.comFollow us on social media at:https://x.com/heritage1815https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61574553321147https://bsky.app/profile/heritage1815.bsky.social

Did Britain suffer its worst defeat of the Napoleonic Wars at Bergen Op Zoom in 1814? If so, why? And how could this happen when the British Army was supposedly at the height of its powers in 1814? Andrew Bamford joins us for the concluding episode of his two part series looking at the British campaign in the Low Countries in 1813 and 1814. We discuss the bombardment of Antwerp, why it was doomed to failure in the first place, and what the British did next, leading to the attack on Bergen op Zoom.If you enjoyed this episode, don’t forget to leave a reviewMore on Andrew's work can be found at the following links;Pen and Sword Books: Titles by Andrew BamfordSickness, Suffering, and the Sword - University of Oklahoma PressFor all your Napoleonic Wars Podcast merchandise, please go to Discover Our Exclusive Range at Napoleonic Wars PodcastThe Prime & Load Podcast can be found in Spotify at the link below;https://open.spotify.com/show/6kyiCE4daaUcMpr0Qjha2u?si=4cf738d2c07b4c20#BritishArmy #British #Napoleon #War #NapoleonicWars #Podcast #French #Dutch #Guards #History #militaryhistory #defeat #Frencharmy #army #Netherlands #localhistory

David Head returns to discuss a group of American rogues and their huge designs for a spinoff of the Spanish American Wars of Independence... in Florida.Read about David Head's research here: https://www.davidheadhistory.com/about

Peter Kastor returns to talk about Washington's domestic administration, foreign policy and his legacy.Creating a Federal Government project:https://creatingafederalgovernment.wustl.edu/Peter Kastor's profile: https://history.wustl.edu/people/peter-kastor