Podcast appearances and mentions of Adam Zamoyski

For this episode of the Global Exchange podcast, Colin Robertson talks with Andrew Rasiulis, Witold Dzielski and Darius Skusevičius about the ongoing war in Ukraine and its implications for Eastern Europe after the election of Donald Trump. // Participants' bios - Andrew Rasiulis is a CGAI Fellow and former longtime civil servant in the Department of National Defence - Witold Dzielski is the Ambassador of Poland to Canada - Darius Skusevičius is the Ambassador of Lithuania to Canada // Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson // Read & Watch: - "Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna", by Adam Zamoyski: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/rites-of-peace-the-fall-of-napoleon-and-the-congress-of-vienna-adam-zamoyski - "The Witness and the Body in Auschwitz: Early Literary Accounts of the Camp Experience", by Bożena Karwowska: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666916935/The-Witness-and-the-Body-in-Auschwitz-Early-Literary-Accounts-of-the-Camp-Experience // Recording Date: November 15, 2024.

How should we remember Napoleon, the man of obscure Corsican birth who rose to become emperor of the French and briefly master of Europe? In this archive debate from 2014, as the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo approached, Intelligence Squared brought together two of Britain's finest historians to debate how we should assess Napoleon's life and legacy. Was he a military genius and father of the French state, or a blundering nonentity who created his own enduring myth? Was his goal of uniting the European continent under a common political system the forerunner of the modern ‘European dream'? Or was he an incompetent despot, a warning from history of the dangers of overarching grand plans? If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series ... Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. ... Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Princess Izabela Czartoryska was a towering figure of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century European cultural and intellectual life. Married at sixteen to a distinguished older aristocrat, she amassed learning, influence, and a role in both Polish and European statecraft through encounters with figures ranging from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Joseph II of Austria. After the liquidation of her homeland's sovereignty with its third partition in 1795, she spent the final decades of her life pioneering and curating spaces of preservation, both of Polish nationhood and of the human experience writ large.  Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess (William Collins, 2024) is her definitive biography, penned by distinguished historian Adam Zamoyski—the protagonist's great-great-great-grandson. Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Zamoyski has told her story as one of empowerment, education, and encounter in an age of profound national and international upheaval. Piotr H. Kosicki is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Catholics on the Barricades (Yale, 2018) and editor, among others, of Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century (with Wolfram Kaiser). His most recent writings appeared in The Atlantic and in Foreign Affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Princess Izabela Czartoryska was a towering figure of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century European cultural and intellectual life. Married at sixteen to a distinguished older aristocrat, she amassed learning, influence, and a role in both Polish and European statecraft through encounters with figures ranging from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Joseph II of Austria. After the liquidation of her homeland's sovereignty with its third partition in 1795, she spent the final decades of her life pioneering and curating spaces of preservation, both of Polish nationhood and of the human experience writ large.  Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess (William Collins, 2024) is her definitive biography, penned by distinguished historian Adam Zamoyski—the protagonist's great-great-great-grandson. Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Zamoyski has told her story as one of empowerment, education, and encounter in an age of profound national and international upheaval. Piotr H. Kosicki is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Catholics on the Barricades (Yale, 2018) and editor, among others, of Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century (with Wolfram Kaiser). His most recent writings appeared in The Atlantic and in Foreign Affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Princess Izabela Czartoryska was a towering figure of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century European cultural and intellectual life. Married at sixteen to a distinguished older aristocrat, she amassed learning, influence, and a role in both Polish and European statecraft through encounters with figures ranging from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Joseph II of Austria. After the liquidation of her homeland's sovereignty with its third partition in 1795, she spent the final decades of her life pioneering and curating spaces of preservation, both of Polish nationhood and of the human experience writ large.  Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess (William Collins, 2024) is her definitive biography, penned by distinguished historian Adam Zamoyski—the protagonist's great-great-great-grandson. Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Zamoyski has told her story as one of empowerment, education, and encounter in an age of profound national and international upheaval. Piotr H. Kosicki is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Catholics on the Barricades (Yale, 2018) and editor, among others, of Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century (with Wolfram Kaiser). His most recent writings appeared in The Atlantic and in Foreign Affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

Princess Izabela Czartoryska was a towering figure of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century European cultural and intellectual life. Married at sixteen to a distinguished older aristocrat, she amassed learning, influence, and a role in both Polish and European statecraft through encounters with figures ranging from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Joseph II of Austria. After the liquidation of her homeland's sovereignty with its third partition in 1795, she spent the final decades of her life pioneering and curating spaces of preservation, both of Polish nationhood and of the human experience writ large.  Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess (William Collins, 2024) is her definitive biography, penned by distinguished historian Adam Zamoyski—the protagonist's great-great-great-grandson. Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Zamoyski has told her story as one of empowerment, education, and encounter in an age of profound national and international upheaval. Piotr H. Kosicki is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Catholics on the Barricades (Yale, 2018) and editor, among others, of Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century (with Wolfram Kaiser). His most recent writings appeared in The Atlantic and in Foreign Affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Princess Izabela Czartoryska was a towering figure of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century European cultural and intellectual life. Married at sixteen to a distinguished older aristocrat, she amassed learning, influence, and a role in both Polish and European statecraft through encounters with figures ranging from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Joseph II of Austria. After the liquidation of her homeland's sovereignty with its third partition in 1795, she spent the final decades of her life pioneering and curating spaces of preservation, both of Polish nationhood and of the human experience writ large.  Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess (William Collins, 2024) is her definitive biography, penned by distinguished historian Adam Zamoyski—the protagonist's great-great-great-grandson. Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Zamoyski has told her story as one of empowerment, education, and encounter in an age of profound national and international upheaval. Piotr H. Kosicki is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Catholics on the Barricades (Yale, 2018) and editor, among others, of Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century (with Wolfram Kaiser). His most recent writings appeared in The Atlantic and in Foreign Affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Princess Izabela Czartoryska was a towering figure of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century European cultural and intellectual life. Married at sixteen to a distinguished older aristocrat, she amassed learning, influence, and a role in both Polish and European statecraft through encounters with figures ranging from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Joseph II of Austria. After the liquidation of her homeland's sovereignty with its third partition in 1795, she spent the final decades of her life pioneering and curating spaces of preservation, both of Polish nationhood and of the human experience writ large.  Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess (William Collins, 2024) is her definitive biography, penned by distinguished historian Adam Zamoyski—the protagonist's great-great-great-grandson. Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Zamoyski has told her story as one of empowerment, education, and encounter in an age of profound national and international upheaval. Piotr H. Kosicki is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Catholics on the Barricades (Yale, 2018) and editor, among others, of Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century (with Wolfram Kaiser). His most recent writings appeared in The Atlantic and in Foreign Affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies

Princess Izabela Czartoryska was a towering figure of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century European cultural and intellectual life. Married at sixteen to a distinguished older aristocrat, she amassed learning, influence, and a role in both Polish and European statecraft through encounters with figures ranging from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Joseph II of Austria. After the liquidation of her homeland's sovereignty with its third partition in 1795, she spent the final decades of her life pioneering and curating spaces of preservation, both of Polish nationhood and of the human experience writ large.  Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess (William Collins, 2024) is her definitive biography, penned by distinguished historian Adam Zamoyski—the protagonist's great-great-great-grandson. Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Zamoyski has told her story as one of empowerment, education, and encounter in an age of profound national and international upheaval. Piotr H. Kosicki is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Catholics on the Barricades (Yale, 2018) and editor, among others, of Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century (with Wolfram Kaiser). His most recent writings appeared in The Atlantic and in Foreign Affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The French Revolution, the rise of Napoleon, the Industrial Revolution and the collapse of Poland, all these major events were witnessed by Izabela Czartoryska, a Polish aristocrat who was self-taught and is the subject of Adam Zamoyski's latest book. This episode is a sweeping discussion covering many facets of Europe in the 18th century. Adam Zamoyski is the author of 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow and Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth. Adam Zamoyski Links Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess Izabela Czartoryska - Aspects of History Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna YouTube Debate with Jeremy Paxman and Andrew Roberts on Napoleon Narodnost: Russia and Nationalism - Aspects of History Aspects of History Links Latest Issue out - Annual Subscription to Aspects of History Magazine only $9.99/£9.99 Ollie on X Aspects of History on Instagram Check out Badlands Ranch: badlandsranch.com/AOH Get in touch: history@aspectsofhistory.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What were the causes of Napoleon's ill-fated 1812 invasion of Russia? What were the strategies of Napoleon and his opponent, Czar Alexander? What were the major battles? What were the outcomes? Special guest and author Adam Zamoyski joins the show to discuss this epic clash of titans. X/Twitter: @andnapoleon *Please follow us on Spotify, YouTube, and Facebook --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generalsandnapoleon/support

امپراتوری ناپلئون، تاثیر بی‌نظیرش در اروپا، رسیدن به قله و بعد سرازیری، رابطه با ایران و بازی‌های روسیه و فیلم ریدلی اسکات که تازه در مورد ناپلئون اکران شده.متن: آرش بهشتی، علی بندری | ویدیو و صدا: DASTAN GROUP - www.dastanads.comبرای دیدن ویدیوی این اپیزود اگر ایران هستید وی‌پی‌ان بزنید و روی لینک زیر کلیک کنیدیوتیوب بی‌پلاسکانال تلگرام بی‌پلاسمنابععصر انقلاب: اروپا 1789-1848، ا.ج. هابزباوم، ترجمه علی اکبر مهدویان. ناشر: مترجم. چاپ اول، بهار 1374اروپا از دوران ناپلئون، دیوید تامسن، ترجمه خشایار دیهیمی و احد علیقلیان، ناشر: نشر نی، چاپ هشتم 1401تاریخ تمدن ویل و آوریل دورانت عصر ناپلئونNapoleon the Great? A debate with Andrew Roberts, Adam Zamoyski and Jeremy PaxmanNapoleon's Rise and DeclineNapoleon Bonaparte LectureNapoleon - YalecoursesWaterloo (1970) | Starring Rod Steiger & Christopher Plummer | Sergei Bondarchukانقلاب فرانسه : قسمت 3/3 - پایان انقلاب 10 سالهزندگینامه ناپلئون بناپارت : امپراتور فرانسه ، کابوس اروپاNapoleon Bonaparte - EHistoryNapoleon Bonaparte and His Internal Reforms Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Historian and biographer Adam Zamoyski talks about the new movie, previous Napoleon films and the strange attitude in France to Bonaparte.Adam Zamoyski LinksNapoleon: The Man Behind the Myth1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on MoscowRites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of ViennaYouTube Debate with Jeremy Paxman and Andrew Roberts on NapoleonNarodnost: Russia and Nationalism - Aspects of History

This month's Film Club is Napoleon, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby. Links are in the shownotes, including an article on 6 of the best books on napoleon that Ollie has written, as well as other links. We also have a bonus episode coming up when we get Napoleonic historian Adam Zamoyski's reaction to the film, so do subscribe so as not to miss out.LinksSix of the Best: Books on Napoleon - Aspects of HistoryHistorians & Hollywood by Adam Zamoyski - Aspects of HistoryStanley Kubrick's Napoleon ScreenplayOllie on X/TwitterTim on X/Twitter

On this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson is joined by Andrew Rasiulis, Jari Vilén and Lithuanian Ambassador Darius Skusevičius to discuss the current situation in Ukraine from the perspective of Ukraine's neighbors. Participants' bios - Andrew Rasiulis is a CGAI Fellow - Jari Vilén is Finland's Ambassador to Canada - Darius Skusevičius is Lithuania's Ambassador to Canada Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson Read & Watch: - "Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna", by Adam Zamoyski: https://www.amazon.ca/Rites-Peace-Napoleon-Congress-Vienna/dp/006077519X - "Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin", by Andrew S. Weiss and Brian "Box" Brown: https://www.amazon.ca/Accidental-Czar-Life-Vladimir-Putin/dp/1250760755 - "The Torture Camp on Paradise Street", by Stanislav Aseyev (Author), Zenia Tompkins (Translator), and Nina Murray (Translator): https://www.amazon.ca/Torture-Camp-Paradise-Street/dp/0674291085 Recording Date: December 15, 2023. Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on Apple Podcasts! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs) and Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

Did Napoleon really come from nothing and conquer everything? The release of the trailer for Ridley Scott's new epic biopic film has created hot debate among fans of the famous Frenchman everywhere. In this episode from the archive Dan talks to Adam Zamoyski, a biographer of Napoleon about his rise to become one of the most famous and fascinating figures in history.Discover the past on History Hit with ad-free original podcasts and documentaries released weekly presented by world-renowned historians like Dan Snow, Suzannah Lipscomb, Lucy Worsley, Matt Lewis, Tristan Hughes and more. Get 50% off your first 3 months with code DANSNOW. Download the app or sign up here.We'd love to hear from you! You can email the podcast at ds.hh@historyhit.com.You can take part in our listener survey here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this Easter Bonus Episode, Adam Zamoyski returns to chat about Russia and how its history shapes what we see in Ukraine today.I recommend listening to Saturday's episode on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812.Adam Zamoyski Links1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on MoscowYouTube Debate with Jeremy Paxman and Andrew Roberts on NapoleonNo Fool Like an Old Fool: Kissinger on Ukraine - Aspects of HistoryOllie LinksOllie on TwitterAspects of History's Substack

This week's guest is acclaimed historian Adam Zamoyski, biographer of Napoleon and the author of 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow He chats with our editor about the build up to the invasion, Napoleon and his opponent, Alexander I of Russia. The state of the French army on the advance and retreat, and the horrors the troops on both sides went through.On Monday, in a bonus episode, Adam talks about Russia's relationship with its neighbours, and the army both now and in 1812 and in the Soviet era.Adam Zamoyski Links1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on MoscowYouTube Debate with Jeremy Paxman and Andrew Roberts on NapoleonNarodnost: Russia and Nationalism - Aspects of HistoryCharles Minard's Graphical DepictionOllie LinksOllie on TwitterAspects of History's Substack

In 1791, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth adopted one of the world's most avant-garde constitutions, one establishing a progressive constitutional monarchy. And yet in 1795, the Commonwealth altogether disappeared, partitioned between Prussia, Austria and Russia. This contrast between the Commonwealth's seemingly advanced regime and its total collapse in four years has earned it the neglect of historians. Yet for nearly four centuries, it stayed a major actor in central European politics, controlling at its peak somewhere between a third and a fourth of the European landmass, with liberal political and religious rights for its time and vibrant intellectual, economic and cultural conditions. This week, we cover this fascinating history with two leading experts. Norman Davies is the Polish-Welsh honorary fellow at St Antony's College (Oxford). He's a professor Emeritus at UCL and the author of many books on Poland, including God's Playground: A History of Poland (1979). Adam Zamoyski—in his third appearance on the podcast—is the author of Poland: A History (2009). As always, please rate and review Uncommon Decency on Apple Podcasts, and send us your comments or questions either on Twitter at @UnDecencyPod or by e-mail at undecencypod@gmail.com. And please consider supporting the show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/undecencypod.

Dominic is joined by the fantastic historian Adam Zamoyski who shares his insight into the origins of both Revolutionary thought and action in the last quarter of the 18th Century: what Dickens famously calls 'The Period' in his A Tale of Two Cities ...Adam's celebrated titles on the Age of Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars include: Holy Madness, 1812. Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow, Rites of Peace and Napoleon: The Man Behind The Myth ... This episode also contains both French Revolutionary and British Reactionary quotes and slogans read by the brilliant actress Léna Robin. Support the show

Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth‘What a novel my life has been!' exclaimed Napoleon – but he wrote much of it himself. A masterful and shameless manipulator of myths, he created a narrative that still inspires passionate and conflicting responses. Was he a god-like genius, Romantic avatar, megalomaniac monster or just a nasty little dictator? Adam Zamoyski argues that he was none of these and presents a more human, more understandable and far more interesting Napoleon. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Scargill was right!"The legendary presenter of Newsnight and University Challenge talks with me about how the Coal Mining Industry built Britain, the 1984/85 Miners Strike and Arthur Scargill, as well as discussing Napoleon and the two Central American countries of Belize and El Salvador.Jeremy Paxman links (discussed in the chat)Black Gold: The History of How Coal Made Britain: https://amzn.to/3qXy6qXBeing Napoleon, the Netflix Documentary featuring the 'New Napoleon': https://www.netflix.com/title/80993489Paxman's Interview with 'Napoleon': https://www.ft.com/content/e82dd1c2-1a22-11e5-a130-2e7db721f996The debate between two biographers of Napoleon, Adam Zamoyski and Andrew Roberts, chaired by Paxman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxQ4TcTcPbIAspects of History links:https://twitter.com/olliewcqhttps://aspectsofhistory.comhttps://youtube.com/aspectsofhistory

Neste episódio nós recebemos José Antonio "Smith" Mariano para uma boa conversa sobre a Guerra Polaco-Soviética, que aconteceu logo após o fim da Primeira Guerra Mundial, apenas 93 dias depois de a Polônia finalmente ter sua independência e território de volta. Encontre aqui: - Situação da Rússia e da Polônia no pré-guerra - Movimentações do conflito - Cossacos - quem eram e o que eles têm a ver com a guerra - O Milagre do Vístula O Clube dos Generais é associado Amazon.com.br - compra com nossos links e ajude o CG! - Varsóvia 1920 - Adam Zamoyski: https://amzn.to/3C19vpF - White Eagle, Red Star: The Polish-Soviet War 1919-20 - Norman Davies: https://amzn.to/3vzz4eP - As Brasas - Sándos Márai: https://amzn.to/3AYg7n5 - O Exército de Cavalaria (A Cavalaria Vermelha) - Isaac Babel: https://amzn.to/3pmCqkg - A filha do capitão - Alexander Pushkin: https://amzn.to/3m6XgSZ - Os Cossacos - Liev Tosltói: https://amzn.to/3jgNyvl - Tarás Bulba - Nikolai Gógol: https://amzn.to/3pmCqkg Trailer do filme indicado pelo Kloss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S_YJnu56bA Episódio em áudio e vídeo, consuma como preferir! Ouça Podcasts - conteúdo interessante onde, como e quando você quiser! Assine o Clube dos Generais pelo seu aplicativo de podcasts favorito. Nosso agradecimento aos membros do nosso canal no YouTube! Categoria Cabo: Paulo Roberto e Wolfgang Categoria Sargento: Daniel Araujo, Breno Mendes e Geraldo Domiciano Acompanhe as atividades do Clube dos Generais https://linktr.ee/ClubeDosGenerais Columbus Educacional - pós graduação de alta performance Acesse aqui: http://columbuseducacional.com.br #podcast #militar #história --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/clubedosgenerais/message

Historian and author Adam Zamoyski discusses the fate of Poland, power politics during the 1792-1815 period and why all decent biographers should seek to empathise with their subjects as human beings, just like the rest of us. This interview was recorded in spring 2020, shortly after the publication of Adam's Napoleon: The Man Behind The Myth. The Intelligence Squared discussion referred to is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxQ4TcTcPbI

1795. October. November. December. Three months in which Napoleon Bonaparte takes on tens of thousands of armed Parisians amidst the blood and gore of Vendemiare… Austrian, Prussian, and Russian representatives meet on 24 October 1795 to dissolve the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth… And in north Italy the French perform a real comeback by sending the Austrians packing at the Battle of Loano. This is episode 16 of the Napoleonic Quarterly – covering three months in which the whiff of grapeshot hangs over Paris. [04:51] - Military historian Paul Demet wraps up the Mannheim offensive story begun in episode 15 [15:15] - Professor David Andress of the University of Portsmouth describes the drama of Vendemiare in October 1795, when Napoleon Bonaparte plays a key role in defending the Convention against tens of thousands of armed Parisians [28:10] - Frederick Schneid, Herman and Louise Smith Professor of History at High Point University, sets the scene for the north Italian theatre and talks through the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia and the Battle of Loano [48:25] - Historian and author Adam Zamoyski reflects on the Third Polish Partition Plus throughout Professor Emeritus Charles Esdaile of the University of Liverpool and Professor Alexander Mikaberidze of Louisiana State University-Shreveport offer their analysis of the situation now that "the Revolution, for all practical matters, is done".

How should we remember Napoleon, the man of obscure Corsican birth who rose to become emperor of the French and briefly master of Europe?In 2014, as the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo approached, Intelligence Squared brought together two of Britain's finest historians to debate how we should assess Napoleon's life and legacy. Was he a military genius and father of the French state, or a blundering nonentity who created his own enduring myth? Was his goal of uniting the European continent under a common political system the forerunner of the modern ‘European dream'? Or was he an incompetent despot, a warning from history of the dangers of overarching grand plans? Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

1794. October. November. December. Three months in which the Polish uprising is crushed for good… The plantation owners win a victory for slavery on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe… And in Holland the French outflank an increasingly beleaguered British army. This is episode 12 of the Napoleonic Quarterly – covering three months in which the Polish question which has hung over Europe since 1792 is answered decisively and brutally. [14:15] - Adam Zamoyski reflects on the disaster of 1794 for Poland - 'Finis Poloniae', or 'the end of Poland' in effect. [29:15] - Christy Pichichero on how diseases and deals with the British led to very different outcomes on Martinique, Guadeloupe and Saint-Domingue in 1794. [48:48] - Garry Wills describes the very bleak situation faced by the British fighting in Holland during this three months. Plus Charles Esdaile and Alex Mikaberidze are on hand as always to pick over the latest state of play and assess the situation as 1795 approaches.

In this archive episode, Dan talks to Adam Zamoyski, a historian who has written a biography of Napoleon, about the early life and rise to power of one of the most remarkable men in history. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this archive episode, Dan talks to Adam Zamoyski, a historian who has written a biography of Napoleon, about the early life and rise to power of one of the most remarkable men in history. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“I saw the Emperor – this world-soul – riding out of the city on reconnaissance. It is indeed a wonderful sensation to see such an individual, who, concentrated here at a single point, astride a horse, reaches out over the world and masters it." You might recognize Hegel’s description of Napoleon Bonaparte, the Corsican-born French emperor, ruler of Europe's fate for nearly two decades. Why on earth are my two favorite European podcasters riffing on Napoleon, I hear you ask? Partly because this year marks the 200th anniversary of his death in exile at Saint Helena. But more fundamentally, a connecting thread throughout our show endeavors to define the European experience by way of political, cultural and intellectual History. When it comes to delineating what makes us European, History rarely features if at all; and when it does, the post-1945 imperative of transcending it has a way of shadowing that past which isn't found to be symbolically valuable to supranational ideals. And yet if you are in continental Europe, your legal and administrative structure is most likely directly inherited from Napoleonic France, to cite just one form of inheritance. Does that legacy make Napoleon a great European? Listen to leading historians Michael Broers and Adam Zamoyski grapple with the question. Rate and review Uncommon Decency on Apple Podcasts, and send us your comments or questions at @UnDecencyPod or uncommondecencypod@gmail.com.

Piotr S. Wandycz, the Yale historian, reflected once that “what to the Poles was the Polish cause, to the outside world was the Polish question”. To be sure, he was writing in 1980 about the successive European conferences of territorial partition, from Vienna in 1815 to Potsdam in the immediate post-war. But this axiom sounds perhaps more prescient than ever since Poland’s much-touted entry into the pacified end-of-History after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Speaking of a “new Polish question” sounds provocative at best, and at worst a parti pris for the national conservative persuasion of the PiS party currently in government. And yet one cannot fully understand the political cycle of the last 15 years without a level-headed reexamination of the imperative of Polish sovereignty and self-determination that had been for centuries so menaced by enemies East and West. Whether we like it or not, these sentiments are again front and center in the political imagination of broad swathes of Polish society. Adam Zamoyski and Marek Matraszek will help us pierce the partisan veil imposed by the liberal internationalist consensus that has, by casting Poland as a backsliding, retrograde, proto-authoritarian state, distorted our common understanding of the uniqueness of the Polish experience. Enjoy! Rate and review Uncommon Decency on Apple Podcasts, and send us your comments or questions at @UnDecencyPod or uncommondecencypod@gmail.com.

TESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜http://www.filmgarantiti.it/it/articoli.php?id=393UN FATTO DECISIVO PER L'EUROPAIn questo film, uno dei più costosi della storia del cinema in Polonia, si ricorda che se fosse caduta Varsavia la porta dell'Europa sarebbe stata aperta per essere invasaCome scrive Armando Torno "internet può essere la Biblioteca di Alessandria o la Cloaca Massima". Tralasciando il secondo caso che ritengo facilmente comprensibile a tutti, vediamo il primo caso in cui su You Tube si possono trovare video veramente interessanti che permettono di far memoria di episodi chiave della storia ormai dimenticati.Infatti ieri mi sono imbattuto, casualmente, in uno spezzone con sottotitoli in inglese (Catholic Poland repels the communist invasion of Europe) del misconosciuto film polacco "1920 Bitwa Warszawska" (1920, La battaglia di Varsavia) che ha riportato alla memoria un importante fatto storico ormai dimenticato ma che, all'epoca, suggestionò l'opinione pubblica.Il film polacco, realizzato nel 2011, racconta, con estrema fedeltà ai fatti, la difesa di Varsavia, capitale del rinato Stato polacco assediata dall'Armata Rossa sovietica.Prendendo spunto dal film vale la pena di ricordare questo episodio che cambiò la storia europea: nel 1919 il Trattato di Versailles ricostituiva la nazione polacca fino ad allora smembrata, a partire dalla metà del XVIII secolo, tra Impero russo, Impero germanico e Impero austro-ungarico. Se i confini occidentali erano ben definiti, quelli orientali erano "fluidi". In seguito alla Rivoluzione russa del 1917 era scoppiata una guerra civile tra i comunisti e le Armate bianche antibolsceviche. La guerra si era presto estesa in tutte le regioni un tempo appartenenti alla Russia zarista compresa l'Ucraina confinante con la neonata Repubblica di Polonia. Nelle vicende belliche di questa regione si inserisce l'esercito polacco che in appoggio all'esercito anticomunista di Simon Petljura, occupa nell'aprile 1920 il territorio ucraino fin quasi a Kiev. Agli occhi del mondo il Maresciallo Jozéf Piłsudski, capo della Nazione e dell'esercito, sembra essere l'invasore ma in realtà ha con preveggenza anticipato l'offensiva bolscevica verso ovest; nei disegni dei capi del Cremlino infatti la Polonia rientrava nelle terre occidentali in cui esportare sulle baionette la rivoluzione comunista. La riorganizzazione operata da Lev Davidovič Trotskij nell'Armata Rossa ha permesso però la sconfitta delle Armate Bianche e, ormai libero da ostacoli, l'esercito bolscevico in due mesi contrattacca e dilaga in Polonia puntando sulla capitale. Due eserciti si fronteggiano: il piccolo esercito polacco appena costituito e la grande Armata Rossa composta da truppe male armate, mal vestite ma animate fanatismo rivoluzionario e soprattutto guidate da eccellenti generali come Tuchačevskij e Budyonnyj. All'interno di Varsavia le organizzazioni di operai comunisti raccolgono gli appelli di Lenin e si dedicano al boicottaggio dell'esercito polacco.Il panico investe Varsavia ma non solo: in tutte le capitali europee corre un brivido. I racconti di orrore che descrivono l'avanzata dei bolscevichi fanno comprendere che se cade Varsavia la porta dell'Europa è aperta. E non è un timore infondato. Infatti In una conversazione con i delegati francesi al II Congresso del Komintern, l'organizzazione internazionale dei partiti comunisti, nell'agosto 1920, Vladimir Il'ič Ul'janov Lenin disse che "Sì, le truppe sovietiche sono a Varsavia. Fra poco avremo anche la Germania. Riconquisteremo l'Ungheria, e i Balcani si solleveranno contro il capitalismo. L'Italia tremerà. L'Europa borghese scricchiola da tutte le parti, in mezzo a questa tempesta".Le potenze occidentali antisovietiche si limitano a inviare un'inutile missione interalleata guidata dal generale Maxime Weygand di cui fa parte un giovane ufficiale di nome Charles de Gaulle, l'Ungheria invia solo rifornimenti di armi e munizioni poiché l'appena costituita Repubblica ceca impedisce il passaggio di truppe ungheresi, dagli Stati Uniti giungono alcuni piloti volontari ma nulla altro. Nella capitale regna ormai il terrore in quanto l'Armata Rossa è a poche decine di chilometri. Ma Tuchačevskij e Lenin ignoravano la forte coesione del popolo polacco. Il Governo guidato dal Maresciallo Piłsudski riorganizza l'esercito, i rifornimenti e le comunicazioni, arma le donne, gli studenti e le associazioni di scout, accorrono migliaia di volontari a rafforzare l'esercito. La Chiesa polacca dal canto suo organizza novene di preghiera e centinaia di processioni e dai pulpiti incita ad arruolarsi e a combattere. E' la vigilia della festa dell'Assunta e circola la voce che la Madonna sia apparsa a guidare alla vittoria le truppe polacche. Si vedranno in mezzo ai soldati molti sacerdoti guidare l'assalto tenendo alto il Crocifisso.Infatti in seguito questa vittoria verrà ricordata come il "miracolo della Vistola", dal nome del fiume che attraversa Varsavia, e la Beata Vergine Assunta diverrà protettrice dell'Esercito polacco.Grazie dunque alla protezione della Beata Vergine Assunta, alla mobilitazione popolare, all'abile capacità militare di Piłsudski, all'entusiasmo e alla coesione del popolo polacco e alla decriptazione di alcuni messaggi dell'esercito rosso, quella che Lenin considerava una vittoria della rivoluzione ormai acquisita si rovescerà in una rotta disordinata dell'Armata Rossa inseguita dalle cariche dei celeberrimi lancieri polacchi.Tuchačevskij deve ritirarsi con venticinquemila caduti e decine di migliaia tra prigionieri e internati in Prussia: non ha perso solo una battaglia, ha perso un esercito. La dirigenza comunista a Mosca affronta una grave crisi e deve accettare una tregua effettiva nell'ottobre del 1920, trasformata nel marzo 1921 nella pace definitiva di Riga. Sarà solo una parentesi di pace infatti nel 1939 Iosif Vissarionovič Džugašvili Stalin avrebbe colto al volo l'occasione offerta da Adolf Hitler e avrebbe rioccupato con spirito di vendetta la Polonia orientale, e nel 1945 avrebbe ottenuto gran parte di quello che lui e Lenin volevano conquistare già nel 1920.L'assedio e la battaglia di Varsavia, all'epoca, fece molta impressione sull'opinione pubblica occidentale che rimase preda della giustificata paura del "pericolo rosso" e dell'invasione dei "cosacchi bolscevichi", favorendo l'ascesa di governi autoritari e di democrazie "forti". La presenza a Varsavia nel 1920 del Nunzio apostolico Arcivescovo Achille Ratti (1857-1939), dal 1922 Papa Pio XI, lo convinse che il comunismo sarebbe stato il nemico della Chiesa e lo confermò nella sua lotta ai totalitarismi . I comunisti capirono la lezione polacca e, ormai isolati a livello internazionale, perseguirono la rivoluzione mondiale con diversa strategia. Un avvenimento poco noto la cui portata è pari alla vittoria di un altro polacco, il Re Giovanni III Sobieski (1624-1696), a Vienna l'11 settembre 1683, che allora fermò definitivamente l'armata turca, un altro nemico mortale della Cristianità.Questo episodio non marginale della storia europea è ormai ignorato nei libri di testo scolastici e di divulgazione, per compiacere la storiografia marxista che lo include nelle vicende della guerra civile russa ma, oltre al film di cui scrivevo in apertura, il lettore italiano può documentarsi ampiamente con la lettura del saggio di Adam Zamoyski, 16 agosto 1920 la battaglia di Varsavia, Corbaccio, 2009 in cui troverà completo resoconto. Franco MaestrelliFonte: Destra, 29 Dicembre 2015

1792. July, August, September: three months in which the French win a surprising first victory at Valmy… A fevered atmosphere in Paris leads to the removal of the King and the founding of a Republic… And in eastern Europe Russia has its way with Poland with a disaster for King Stanislaus now in the offing. This is episode three of the Napoleonic Quarterly, in which the myth of the irresistible French revolutionary spirit on the battlefield has been well and truly born. [05:28] - David Andress on the fevered atmosphere in Paris, the radicals' march on the Tuileries and the September Massacres [20:43] - Rafe Blaufarb on the unexpected French victory against the Austrians and Prussians at Valmy [37:00] - Adam Zamoyski on the disastrous consequences of the Russo-Polish War for Poland Plus Alexander Stevenson is joined by Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze throughout for analysis and expert summaries - and from [48:31] an assessment of the state of play on 30 September 1792.

1792. April, May, June: three months in which the French Revolutionary Wars begin in earnest… the Haitian Slave Revolt takes a turn for the worse… and Russian forces intent on crushing the Poles begin rolling westwards towards Warsaw. This is episode two of the Napoleonic Quarterly, and swords are being unsheathed across the European mainland. [08:00] - Rafe Blaufarb on the state of the French military as the Revolution goes to war [26:43] - Christy Pichichero on the Haitian Slave Revolt and how the French colony of Saint Domingue was plunged into turmoil [48:29] - Adam Zamoyski on the crisis in eastern Europe leading to the Russo-Polish War of 1792 And throughout, Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze offer their commentary and expert analysis on the overall situation.

Adam Zamoyski is a historian and the author of several books about Napoleon, most recently, "Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth."

On today's Global Exchange Podcast, we are joined by David Frum, author of "Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy" to discuss Donald Trump, the United States, and democracy. The Global Exchange is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Subscribe to the CGAI Podcast Network on SoundCloud, iTunes, or wherever else you can find Podcasts! If you like our content and would like to support our podcasts, please check out our donation page www.cgai.ca/support. Participant Bios:

 - David Frum: Senior editor at the Atlantic. Previously a speechwriter for President George W. Bush. Recently published "Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy." Host Bio: - Colin Robertson (host): Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Recommended Readings/Media: - "Napoleon: A Life" by Adam Zamoyski (https://www.amazon.ca/Napoleon-Life-Adam-Zamoyski-ebook/dp/B079L47ZZX/) - "Wolf Hall" by Hilary Mantel (https://www.amazon.ca/Wolf-Hall-Hilary-Mantel-ebook/dp/B0055DLC6I) - "Endgame: Inside the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump" by Eric Swalwell (https://www.amazon.ca/Endgame-Inside-Impeachment-Donald-Trump-ebook/dp/B084KSGXTH/) - "Un village français" [miniseries] (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288631/) Recommended Links: - "Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy" [book] by David Frum (https://www.amazon.ca/Trumpocalypse-Restoring-Democracy-David-Frum-ebook/dp/B07XKVQ2MJ/) - "Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic" [book] by David Frum (https://www.amazon.ca/Trumpocracy-Corruption-American-David-Frum-ebook/dp/B07F15FV2K) Recording Date: 18 June 2020 Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on iTunes! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Jay Rankin. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

Review of: "Napoleon: A Life" by Adam Zamoyski[CORRECTION: the podcast version of this review misidentifies the location of Napoleon’s death. Napoleon died on a remote island in the South Atlantic. The written text has been corrected.]

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"What a novel my life has been!" Napoleon once said of himself. Born into a poor family, the callow young man was, by twenty-six, an army general. Seduced by an older woman, his marriage transformed him into a galvanizing military commander. The Pope crowned him as Emperor of the French when he was only thirty-five. Within a few years, he became the effective master of Europe, his power unparalleled in modern history. His downfall was no less dramatic.

Dan talks to Adam Zamoyski, a historian who has recently written a new biography of Napoleon. Discover more history interviews and documentaries at History Hit TV.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Peter Curry See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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In this episode, Caleb and Todd talk with Terry Smith about his hospitable leadership style and how it helps create environments where people and dreams can flourish. ------------- *Guest Links* ------------- Terry A. Smith ( https://www.terryasmith.com/hospitable-leader ) Terry on Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/PastorTerryASmith/ ) Terry on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/terry_a_smith ) Terry on Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/terry_a_smith/?hl=en ) The Hospitable Leader by Terry A. Smith ( https://www.amazon.com/Hospitable-Leader-Create-Environments-Flourish/dp/0764232142/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&keywords=hospitable+leader&qid=1544055649&s=books&sr=1-1 ) Visit TerryASmith.com/Learner ( https://www.terryasmith.com/learner ) for a Learner's Corner Exclusive Offer ----------------- *Links Mentioned* ----------------- Launch YOUniveristy Podcast Episode 97: How to Use Hospitality as a Leadership Strategy ( https://launchyouniversity.com/podcast/use-hospitality-leadership-strategy/ ) The Emotionally Healthy Church by Pete Scazzero ( https://www.amazon.com/Emotionally-Healthy-Church-Updated-Expanded-ebook/dp/B00C0UPKRQ/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&keywords=pete+scazzero&qid=1544055777&s=books&sr=1-6 ) The Emotionally Healthy Leader by Pete Scazzero ( https://www.amazon.com/Emotionally-Healthy-Leader-Transforming-Transform/dp/0310494575/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&keywords=pete+scazzero&qid=1544055777&s=books&sr=1-1 ) Daring Greatly by Brene Brown ( https://www.amazon.com/Daring-Greatly-Courage-Vulnerable-Transforms/dp/1592408419/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&keywords=daring+greatly&qid=1544055845&s=books&sr=1-1 ) Baker's Textual and Topical Index ( https://www.amazon.com/Bakers-Textual-Topical-Filing-System/dp/0801069181/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&keywords=baker%26%2339%3Bs+textual+and+topical&qid=1544055936&s=books&sr=1-1 ) Spiritual Direction by Henri Nouwen ( https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Direction-Wisdom-Long-Faith/dp/0060872748/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&keywords=spiritual+direction+henri+nouwen&qid=1544055976&s=books&sr=1-3 ) Paul: A Biography by N.T. Wright ( https://www.amazon.com/Paul-Biography-N-T-Wright/dp/0061730580/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&keywords=paul+nt+wright&qid=1544056021&s=books&sr=1-1 ) Martin Luther by Eric Metaxas ( https://www.amazon.com/Martin-Luther-Rediscovered-Changed-World/dp/110198001X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&keywords=martin+luther+eric+metaxas&qid=1544056061&s=books&sr=1-1 ) Napoleon: A Life by Adam Zamoyski ( https://www.amazon.com/Napoleon-Life-Adam-Zamoyski/dp/0465055931/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&keywords=napoleon+a+life+by+adam+zamoyski&psc=1&qid=1544056104&s=books&sr=1-1-spons ) Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home by Richard Foster ( https://www.amazon.com/Prayer-Finding-Hearts-True-Home/dp/0060628464/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&keywords=Richard+foster&qid=1544056181&s=books&sr=1-3 ) The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath ( https://www.amazon.com/Power-Moments-Certain-Experiences-Extraordinary/dp/1501147765/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&keywords=the+power+of+moments+by+chip+and+dan+heath&qid=1544056222&s=books&sr=1-3 ) The Power of Meaning by Emily Esfahani Smith ( https://www.amazon.com/Power-Meaning-Fulfillment-Obsessed-Happiness/dp/0553446568/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&keywords=the+power+of+meaning+by+emily+esfahani+smith&qid=1544056253&s=books&sr=1-1 ) Big Potential by Shawn Achor ( https://www.amazon.com/Big-Potential-Transforming-Achievement-Well-Being/dp/1524761532/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&keywords=big+potential+shawn+achor&qid=1544056300&s=books&sr=1-2 ) ----------------- *What We Learned* ----------------- Hospitable leaders create environments of welcome where moral leadership can influence an expanding diversity of people. How to see people as opportunities Terry's journey to hospitable leadership. "Leaders of the past tell. Leaders of the future ask." - France Hesselbein Engaging your heart and the hearts of others. People need to leave with more than an action item list. They need to leave with their hearts engaged. How Terry has changed since pursuing hospitable leadership. Terry's current reading list. --------------------------- *New Episode Every Tuesday* --------------------------- Thank you for listening to the Learner's Corner Podcast. We hope you'll join us for next week's episode. Until next time, keep learning and keep growing.

Poland turns 100 this November. The country had existed for a thousand years but it was only in 1918 with the Treaty of Versailles that an independent Poland was created. Amol Rajan explores its turbulent history. No nation's story has been so distorted as Poland's, says historian Adam Zamoyski. He looks back to the great medieval nation that was once a European heavyweight. But Russia, Prussia and Austria divided Poland up in 1797 and turned it into a backwater - before the Nazis and Soviet soldiers arrived to do more damage. The decades since independence in 1918 have seen extraordinary twists in the tale. Composer Roxanna Panufnik combines Polish poetry with a Catholic mass in her new oratorio Faithful Journey - Mass for Poland. This huge work for choir and orchestra covers the bloodshed of two world wars, the relative prosperity and optimism of the 1930s, the censorship of communist rule and a new hope for the coming years. In the 1950s Stalin offered the people of Warsaw a choice between two gifts: a metro system or a vast skyscraper. They asked for the metro. He built the Joseph Stalin Palace of Culture and Science instead. Today the Palace is one of Poland's most recognisable sights and has starred on the cover of Vogue. But Michal Muraswki explains that to Poles today the Palace represents their communist legacy - something that the ruling Law and Justice Party are keen to forget, The reforms of the Law and Justice Party, including a move to ban all abortions, have been met with criticism at home and abroad. Award-winning journalist Witold Szablowski examines Poland's relationship with Europe, with its neighbours and with its past. Producer: Hannah Sander

In 1863, the 3-year-old Ignacy Jan Paderewski probably wasn’t aware that his fellow Polish countrymen were in the midst of a doomed uprising against the autocratic ruler of his homeland. But he de­finitely knew something was wrong when Russian Tsarist police arrested his father, dragging him away while the young Ignacy tried to stop them. As a young man, Paderewski was determined to do something about his country's plight. It had been completely wiped off the map almost a century earlier, and as the 19th century came to a close, an independent Poland seemed impossible. Using rifles and sabres to win freedom clearly wasn’t going to be enough. A different kind of weapon had to be found. For Paderewski, this weapon would be music... This episode was produced with the help of the National Museum in Warsaw. Like our show? Sign up for our newsletter! Time stamps [00:28] The many stories about Paderewski we don't tell  [01:36] Historical Background [03:48] Paderewski chooses music as his weapon of choice... [06:57] ...and becomes a superstar... [11:29] ...only to turn into a politician [15:04] World War I  [21:50] Paderewski puts Poland back on the map... [23:36] ...and returns to music! [25:17] Thanks and credits Further reading Biography of Ignacy Jan Paderewski / on Culture.pl Paderewski, Modjeska & Curie: Shaping Independent Poland from the Outside / on Culture.pl Paderewski by Adam Zamoyski / book on Amazon Celebrating Chopin & Paderewski by Marek Żebrowski / book on Amazon Helena Paderewska: Memoirs, 1910–1920 by Maciej Siekierski / book on Amazon Paderewski / exhibition catalogue from the National Museum of Warsaw Ignacy Jan Paderewski / on Wikipedia Further watching & listening Moonlight Sonata – a feature film from 1937 with the only available footage of Paderewski performing / on YouTube.com Nelson Goerner & the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra play Paderewski's Piano Concerto in A minor op. 17 / on YouTube.com Marek Żebrowski & cellist Lars Hoefs play a concert in Paderewski's former manor / on Youtube.com Marek Żebrowski talks about the Paderewski Festival's youth competition held every year in California / on Youtube.com Thanks Marek Żebrowski / for sharing with us his extensive expertise on Paderewski, and even playing Paderewski’s pieces for us on the piano. Marek is a concert pianist and composer, as well as director of the Polish Music Center at USC Thornton School of Music. He is also director of the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles, California, Adam Zamoyski/ for telling us about how Paderewski rose to become a world-famous pianist and the first prime minister of a newly-independent Poland. He is a London-based historian and best-selling author. ​​​​Nelson Goerner / for agreeing to talk to us about Paderewski as a performer and composer. Nelson is a renowned Argentinian concert pianist. In 2015, he recorded Paderewski’s piano concerto with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. The National Museum in Warsaw / our partner for this episode, for their knowledge, support and co-operation, especially Ewa Drygalska & Magdalena Pinker. Eliza Rose & Nial Morgan / for tape syncing the interview with Marek Żebrowski at his LA home 9 timezones away. SFTEW team credits Wojciech Oleksiak: editing, scoring, sound design, mixing Piotr Wołodźko: production Nitzan Reisner: host, wind beneath our wings Adam Zulawski: host, script

Adam Zamoyski on Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth

"What a novel my life has been!" Napoleon once said of himself. Born into a poor family, the callow young man was, by twenty-six, an army general. Seduced by an older woman, his marriage transformed him into a galvanizing military commander. The Pope crowned him as Emperor of the French when he was only thirty-five. Within a few years, he became the effective master of Europe, his power unparalleled in modern history. His downfall was no less dramatic.The story of Napoleon has been written many times. In some versions, he is a military genius, in others a war-obsessed tyrant. Here, historian Adam Zamoyski cuts through the mythology and explains Napoleon against the background of the European Enlightenment, and what he was himself seeking to achieve. This most famous of men is also the most hidden of men, and Zamoyski dives deeper than any previous biographer to find him. Beautifully written, Napoleon: A Life brilliantly sets the man in his European context.

The two titles up for review this time are: Napoleon: The Man Behind The Myth by Adam Zamoyski and Bring It On Home: Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin and Beyond: The Story of Rock's Greatest Manager by Mark Blake.

How should we remember Napoleon, the man of obscure Corsican birth who rose to become emperor of the French and briefly master of Europe? In 2014, as the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo approached, Intelligence Squared brought together two of Britain’s finest historians to debate how we should assess Napoleon’s life and legacy. Was he a military genius and father of the French state, or a blundering nonentity who created his own enduring myth? Was his goal of uniting the European continent under a common political system the forerunner of the modern ‘European dream’? Or was he an incompetent despot, a warning from history of the dangers of overarching grand plans? Championing Napoleon was historian Andrew Roberts, author of, among other books, 'Napoleon the Great', 'Napoleon and Wellington', and 'Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Gamble'. Opposing him was fellow historian Adam Zamoyski, author of, among other books, '1812. Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow' and 'Rites of Peace. The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Time to open the Diplomacy Christmas crackers! The guys discuss game etiquette and look at the variants "Atlantic Colonies" and the Australian "Mate Against Mate". Enjoy! Kaner starts by discussing his drinking Christmas tradition (1 min 30 secs) Amby talks about his recent cruise ship holiday and why his mental age is younger than his physical age (3 mins 10 secs) Diplomacy game etiquette  Being away for his holidays Amby discusses how being on holidays with no internet on the ship (well there was but it was expensive and from talking to others onboard it was pretty crappy), Amby put in place various measures for his games. So the guys start discussing etiquette relating to when you're away on holidays and can't play Dip (7 mins 20 secs) The guys talk about using a sitter with the practical example of Amby calling on Kaner to sit for him in the American Conflict game "2017 The Trump Wars". Amby discusses his approach on using entertainment as gameplay by taking on the persona as Donald Trump as the USA. If you've got some spare time read the public press history posts  (11 mins) Amby talks about the importance of riding instructions for handing a game over to a sitter. Then the guys talk about how to deal with riding instructions if the dynamics in the game changes (15 mins 45 secs)Kaner discusses etiquette issues he's having in one of his games where a player has stopped putting in proactive orders, just submitting Hold orders for all units. And then another player dropped out after being stabbed (19 mins 30 secs) General chit chat The guys flag that the Known World Tournament has its games 3 and 4 now commenced (25 mins) They briefly talk Bourse but give it a break this episode (25 mins 45 secs) Atlantic Colonies variant After refilling their drinks Kaner and Amby discuss the Atlantic Colonies variant, a 4 player game (England, France, Spain and Portugal) set during the time of colonisation (28 mins 45 secs) The map is well crafted to provide good balance in gameplay, plus its a beautifully elegant map you'd expect a 17th century cartographer to draw  (30 mins 30 secs) The guys give a shout out to Safari for creating the game. Amby discusses the variant is well balanced, although in achieving this it loses historical accuracy eg France not having Detroit and New Orleans. The guys also discuss how some places they'd expect as SCs but are not eg Paris and Buenos Aires (33 mins 20 secs) The map has neutral territories to limit some movement eg Sahara, Amazon, Rockies and Europe east of France (38 mins 35 secs) Kaner discusses how it'd been good for Holland to also be included, including its Boer African possessions. If the map was set before 1664 the Dutch could also have New Amsterdam (modern day New York) (39 mins 25 secs) This variant is given the guys thumbs up with such a beautiful and well balanced map (43 mins 20 secs) What the Doctor Recommended Continuing our series, the guys go through the vDip hall of fame from the 45th ranked player to the 80th (44 mins 30 secs) The guys celebrate Christmas  Spontaneously the guys exchange Diplomacy themed Christmas gifts to each other (47 mins 40 secs) They then make their suggestions on ideal Christmas gifts the Diplomacy player in your life. Kaner discusses a beautiful book called "Maps that Changed the World" and Amby recommends the book "Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna" by Adam Zamoyski. It covers the diplomatic realpolitik between the great powers of the time swapping coalition alliances during the Napoleonic wars and afterwards when they jockey for power over Europe. Amby discusses how well the French foreign minister Talleyrand is portayed in the book as the ultimate Diplomacy player (50 mins) The guys discuss how they'd love to find a good book on Bismark and the Thirty Years War. PM us your recommendations! (55 mins) Mate Against Mate variant This Australian based 8 player variant has 6 Australian players, New Zealand and Indonesia. This variant is based on an alternate history where each of the British colonies never federated and become their own independent countries (57 mins) Set in the early 1970's it draws on supply centres not just being cities but major resource areas, some of which are sea-based eg oil, minerals etc (59 mins) Kaner starts discussing how each of the player generally go eg Tasmania never seems to win, but often doesn't get killed off (1 hr 00 mins 30 secs) Indonesia provides a good balance to Western Australia. Kaner gets a history lesson from Amby about how modern day Northern Territory was part of South Australia prior to federation. Likewise Queensland owned Papua in real life in 1883 (Port Moresby) (1 hour 02 mins 20 secs) The guys discuss how they played a Mate Against Mate game recently in "Australia Day Jan 26-2" with Amby as Indonesia and Kaner as Western Australia. They discuss how these two countries usually come into conflict, likewise New South Wales and Victoria (1 hr 06 mins 15 secs) New Zealand, Tasmania and South Australia can generally expand out in the first game year without coming into conflict with any players, but often in the second year on South Australia tends to get attacked by someone as its squashed between everyone. Amby discusses strategies a South Australia player can employ but it doesn't guarantee success (1 hour 07 mins) Amby discusses how if the game could be remodeled how South Australia would need to have its position improved. He also discusses how some of the borders could ideally be changed. Kaner suggests ideas on how to better use the river systems  (1 hr 09 mins 45 secs) The guys give a "no update" update on the vDip Lab replacement with no news from Captainmeme. Likewise Kaner flags how the new variants promised for webDip still haven't turned up (1 hr 10 mins 45 secs) Getting back to the variant Kaner discusses as Western Australia he pretty much was talking to everyone on the board (1 hr 13 mins) Being Australians the guys go through all the supply centres they've been to on the Mate Against Mate map. Kaner thrashes Amby with 23 SC's to 17 (1 hr 13 mins 50 secs) Don't forget if you're enjoying the podcast please hop onto iTunes and give us a rating a Venue: The Stock Exchange Hotel, Brisbane Drinks of choice: Kaner - Stone and Wood Pacific Ale from Byron Bay, Australia Amby - Yalumba Patchwork shiraz from the Barossa Valley, South Australia Food of choice: Kaner - Braised squid with Aioli Amby - Rump steak and salad Don't forget if you're enjoying the podcast please hop onto iTunes and give us a rating and a review so we can get the Diplomacy message out. If you have any suggestions on what you'd like to see covered in an upcoming podcast, or something you'd like to see regularly covered, please contact us or leave your thoughts in the comments below. Thanks to Dan Philip for his rockin' intro to the Diplomacy Games podcast.

How should we remember Napoleon, the man of obscure Corsican birth who rose to become emperor of the French and briefly master of Europe? As the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo approaches in 2015, Intelligence Squared brought together two of Britain’s finest historians to debate how we should assess Napoleon’s life and legacy. Was he a military genius and father of the French state, or a blundering nonentity who created his own enduring myth? Was his goal of uniting the European continent under a common political system the forerunner of the modern ‘European dream’? Or was he an incompetent despot, a warning from history of the dangers of overarching grand plans? Championing Napoleon was historian Andrew Roberts, author of, among other books, 'Napoleon the Great', 'Napoleon and Wellington', and 'Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Gamble'. Opposing him was fellow historian Adam Zamoyski, author of, among other books, '1812. Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow' and 'Rites of Peace. The Fall of Napoleon... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On the anniversary of the Smolensk air crash, writer and historian Adam Zamoyski examines how Polish politics and society have been affected by the events of 10 April 2010, a day on which Poland lost its President and 95 others, which included many talented public servants and dignitaries. For Part Two, Zamoyski travels to Warsaw to examine how the legacy of the crash has impacted on a year of Polish politics.

One year on from the Smolensk air crash, writer and historian Adam Zamoyski examines how Polish politics and society have been affected by loss of its President and other dignitaries.