Episode 52: Q4-1804 - Three empires

1804. October... November... December... three months in which the ruler of France completes his transition from Buonaparte to the Emperor Napoleon... the British seize three Spanish treasure ships, prompting a declaration of war from Madrid... and in India there's success for the British, continuing the downward slide of the Marathas. This is episode 52 of the Napoleonic Quarterly - covering three months in which the country of Charlemagne once again has an emperor on its throne.

[05:45] - Headline developments

[11:45] - Adam Zamoyski on the coronation of the Emperor Napoleon

[38:00] - David Andress on Britain in 1804, its seizure of Spanish treasure ships and Spain's declaration of war

[1:03:15] - Josh Provan on the Holkar War, the British in India and the end of the Second Anglo-Maratha War

Adam Zamoyski on the Napoleonic soap opera:

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/ADAM-ZAMOYSKI-on-the-Napoleonic-soap-opera/B0G1HWMBH6

Indian soldiers and the British Empire:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/indian-soldiers-and-the-british-empire-w-ravindra-rathee/id1547058446?i=1000696386813

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