TRANSCRIPT FOR http://www.ageofvictoriapodcast.com/ep010-exit-napoleon/ Today’s episode is a full episode and a return to the narrative where we left it in February at the end of the battle of Waterloo. Since then we’ve done a special episode on battlefield surgery and then we did an episode on the amazing Annie Besant Read more…
http://www.ageofvictoriapodcast.com/ep009-god-save-surgeons-knife/ If you’ve been listening to recent episodes you will know that we have just covered the 100 campaign and the absolute hell that was the Battle of Waterloo. As I said at the end of the last episode, I’ve tried to give you the human cost without national Read more…
This minisode gives a recap of the key themes in the show since launch as we get ready for a major Victorian event. (and no this isn’t like the Simpsons playing clips of old episodes in a ropey season 18 TV special). This show is a great chance to remind Read more…
Join your host Chris Fernandez-Packham and explore the Peterloo Massacre 1819; one of the darkest moments of British political & social history. From poverty & hope to anger and death. This episode starts with a outline of the situation in Britain in 1819, and themes of progress. It sets out Read more…
LISTEN HERE:http://www.ageofvictoriapodcast.com/episode-008-waterloo-pt-8-climax/ OUTLINE: The position of the French attack. Charge of the Scots Grey, and British Heavy Cavalry Brigade. Lady Elizabeth Butler “Charge of the Scots Greys.” French chaos, and the grand battery overrun. We shall match them with our lancers: French counter charge. The day grinds on. The greatest Read more…
How scared have you ever been in your life. For most people fear is something that is happening to us in circumstances that make us uncomfortable. For most of us we haven’t ever had the gut wrenching fear that goes with a threat to our lives. But for those who Read more…
So began the morning of Waterloo. After the night of brutal weather, one of the greatest battles of Europe history was about to be fought. It was also to be one of the last of its kind. Never again would Europe see the massed ranks of finely dressed, superbly drilled Read more…
In the first episodes of the Age of Victoria we’ve been covering Napoleon and the 100 days. There are a ton of great sources out there. I’ve used Memoirs of Napoleon by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne. The 100 Days by Philip Guedalla. Waterloo: A French Perspective by Andrew Field. Read more…