Alexander Mikaberidze, author of The Napoleonic Wars

• How did Georgia, with its unique language, survive sandwiched among empires?

• Georgian histography and the origins of the Georgian language

• How has the perception of Napoleon change over time

• Is history fake?

• Did Napoleon only eat one meal at the academy so that he could afford to buy himself books?

• Napoleon, Jørgen Jørgensen, Mehmet Ali (Albanian founder of modern Egypt): the charisma and power of the outsider

• Mamluks and the prominent roles of Georgians, their continued involvement with Georgia and how their nepotistic preference for Georgian slaves generated demand for Georgian captives

• Georgian cuisine

• What is most striking thing about living in Louisiana?

• The role of Great Men in history