Napoleon's Hundred Days
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Napoleon Bonaparte's surprise coup in 1815 before Waterloo
- 50 mins
- 18 Apr 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Napoleon Bonaparte's surprise coup in 1815 before Waterloo
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristophanes' comedy in which a sex strike brings peace.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated Serbian-American inventor.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the epic poem that helped build the Finnish nation.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the emperor who aimed to return Christian Rome to paganism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of the waltz on British society and culture.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a major Algerian uprising against French rule in 1871.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Heisenberg's key role at the outset of quantum mechanics
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Holy Roman Emperor's army's notorious attack on Romans
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Lewis Carroll's fantastical tale inspired by Alice Liddell
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the chemical signals that control the ways our bodies work
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval trading network the Hanseatic League.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that fundamental particles have consciousness.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and impact of ancient Egypt's best-known queen.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the last great figures of the Enlightenment.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's great comedy of love, desire and marriage.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Dutch painter of Sunflowers and Starry Nights.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the man born in Republican Rome who became second Emperor.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential Swiss protestant theologian.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of the Fall of the House of Usher.