Iberia, 1809: the Aragonese capital of Zaragoza was under siege once again. To the west, the French prepared another invasion of Portugal. Meanwhile, in London, the British leadership debated a renewed commitment in this theater of the war.
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Mar 2025
Eugénie of France, the Rebel Empress (with Nancy Goldstone)
Eugénie of France was one of the most influential and glamorous women in nineteenth-century Europe. Nancy Goldstone's new book Rebel Empresses explores Eugénie's efforts to rule amid the scandal, intrigue, tragedy, and violence of their era.
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1h 39m
Oct 2021
La belle histoire de France du 24/10/2021
Ce chapitre 34 se concentre sur une année particulière dans l'histoire de France : 1789. Des Etats généraux à la prise de la Bastille, en passant par le serment du jeu de paume ou l'abolition des privilèges, Franck Ferrand et Marc Menant reviennent, avec Christine Kelly, sur les ... Show More
45m 9s
Oct 3
The Scandalous Royal Mistress Who Ruled France
Is this strangest threesome in royal history?!We're endlessly fascinated with the lives of royal mistresses, and this has to be one of the most notorious.It takes place in 16th century France between Henry II, his wife Catherine de Medici and his much older mistress, Diane de Poi ... Show More
37m 45s
Oct 2022
Theodore Roosevelt, Man In The Arena
Theodore Roosevelt, speaking at the Sorbonne in Paris, outlines the vital role and responsibility of the ordinary citizen in a republic. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. V ... Show More
31m 25s
Jan 2025
Josephine Bonaparte and Eugénie Bonaparte
Josephine and Eugénie, related by marriage, and separated by only a generation, both rose from relative obscurity to become the Empress of France during tumultuous times. The paths of these very different women never crossed, but they both were stars in their own time and left th ... Show More
2h 14m