Michael Rapport
Reader in Modern European History at the University of Glasgow
2 episodes
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The Franco-American Alliance 1778
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why France supported the USA in its revolutionary war against Britain and how that related to the French Revolution a few years later.
22 April 2021
Also featuring: Frank Cogliano, Kathleen Burk
Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812, thought he was victorious yet had to retreat, losing most of his army and, soon after, his empire.
19 September 2019
Also featuring: Janet Hartley, Michael Rowe