Napoleon: the Long and Short of It, Episode 335

<p>Full <a href="https://joinusinfrance.com/335" target="_blank" rel="noopener">show notes</a> for this episode are here: https://joinusinfrance.com/335</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href= "https://www.patreon.com/JoinUs" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> | <a href= "https://joinusinfrance.com/boutique/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Boutique</a> | <a href= "https://joinusinfrance.com/newsletter/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Newletter</a> | <a href= "https://www.booking.com/index.html?aid=954523" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Booking</a></p> <p>This week in France we are celebrating the bicentennial of Napoleon’s death and so today Today I bring you a conversation with Kurt Weihs about Napoleon. I am excited to release this episode because I have been working on it for several months. My guest Kurt Weihs did an amazing job helping me summarize Napoleon’s life and why he has had such an enormous imprint on France. If you’re interested in learning how France ticks and why, you’ll love this episode.</p> <p>On this episode we want to look at the big picture of Napoleon's life. The man, his ideas and some of the major turning points in his life. In this episode we paint with a broad brush, but by the end of this episode you'll have an idea of who Napoleon was and why he made his mark on so many places in France.</p> <p>Books Annie read to prepare for this episode:</p> <p>From French historian Max Gallo: <a href= "https://amzn.to/339WHx7">The Song of Departure</a> and <a href= "https://amzn.to/3vunxw6">The Sun of Austerlitz</a></p> <p><a href="https://amzn.to/3eLHCrc">1815: The Return of Napoleon</a> by Britten Austin</p> <p><a href="https://amzn.to/3tfMVUS">Wellington & Napoleon: Clash of Arms</a> by Robin Neillands</p> <p><a href="https://amzn.to/3aTcR2s">The Road to St Helena: Napoleon After Waterloo</a> by J. David Markham</p> <h2>The Words that Define Napoleon</h2> <p>In order to make sense of Napoleon's full and complicated life, it is useful to try to distill things down to a few ideas.<