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Episode 126: Martyrs and Scapegoats
🕑 Added 2025-06-01 04:14:21 +0000 UTCLate 1809: Napoleon negotiated a punitive peace treaty with Austria and survived a strange assassination attempt. Meanwhile, the British launched a surprise invasion of the continent and dealt with political controversies at home.
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Kevin Xu
In Chinese art history, Jesuits were also prized for their knowledge of western portraiture and photo realistic paintings thanks to western focus of the human form. The sudden appearance of court portraits of the emperors can be credited to the Jesuit paintings Giuseppe Castiglione was well known for this
Nngtslyr
I know you are well beyond the invasion of Batavia. But I think it's an example of terrain, logistics, coordination, and command for the British. I feel it was the beginning of change for the British that would be complete in the Pennisular war. It also shows that the British attempts to fight Napoleon is that the British Generals had to politic with Parliament on their backs unlike any of the other nations.
Nngtslyr
Quick question on available podcast. I am a patreon subscriber, but not all of the podcast and dispatches are there. To access them I have to go back to Spotify.
Joe Waters
One of my favourite episodes yet!
Carla
Another great episode, I just wanted to say I started listening to your podcast roughly a year ago and it's one of my all time favourites. As someone who loves the Napoleonic era, I have always felt so emmersed whenever I listen, especially when talking about the geopolitics (and the scandals/personal lives) . Thank you so much for all the hard work that you do. (The Gambier Vs Cochrane court martial is like Keeping up with Kardashians but royal navy edition 😂)
