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Napoleon: The Man and the Myths

Historian Andrew Roberts presents a series, recorded partly on location in Paris, which dispels some myths about Napoleon Bonaparte.

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

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Episode 1
Was Napoleon really the short, uncouth, Corsican upstart portrayed by caricaturists?
15 mins15 Jun 2015
Episode 2
Did Napoleon turn France into a military dictatorship? Historian Andrew Roberts considers.
15 mins16 Jun 2015
Episode 3
Andrew Roberts considers Napoleon's reputation as the principal warmonger of the age.
15 mins17 Jun 2015
Episode 4
Andrew Roberts explains why Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo.
15 mins18 Jun 2015
Episode 5
Napoleon ended his life on a distant island. Andrew Roberts asks what history made of him.
13 mins19 Jun 2015