Episode 110 - Lord of war: Napoleon Bonapartes life and legacy

Published: May 6, 2021, 5 a.m.

This week we\u2019re heading back to the late 18th and early 19th century, when Europe was ravaged by the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic War, named after French military general and self-appointed emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte.\nOn the bicentenary of his death, we\u2019re joined by senior properties historian, Paul Pattison, and keeper of the Wellington Collection at Apsley House, Josephine Oxley, to discuss Napoleon\u2019s life, legacy and defeat \u2013 and the heritage sites built here in England to defend against his threats of invasion.\nTo learn more about the Wellington Collection at Apsley House, go to www.english-heritage.org.uk/apsley\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices