Michael Rowe
Reader in European History at King's College London
3 episodes
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The Battle of Valmy
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Prussian-led plans to end the French Revolution in 1792 and their surprise defeat by an army buoyed with citizens singing the Marseillaise.
16 January 2025
Also featuring: Heidi Mehrkens, Colin Jones
Napoleon's Hundred Days
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Napoleon Bonaparte's astonishing return to power in France from exile on Elba in 1815 and how that galvanised the Allies into facing him at Waterloo
18 April 2024
Also featuring: Katherine Astbury, Zack White
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 Rapport