Episode 46: Q2-1803 - The Napoleonic Wars

1803… April… May… June… Three months in which war once again breaks out between Britain and France… American negotiators worrying about Louisiana’s future get an unexpected offer from the First Consul… And on Saint-Domingue, General Jean-Jacques Dessalines unifies resistance to the struggling French expedition.This is episode 46 of the Napoleonic Quarterly - covering three months which sees the beginning of what will become known as the Napoleonic Wars.

[04:25] - Headline developments

[16:25] - Graeme Callister on the resumption of war between Britain and France

[39:40] - Peter Kastor on the Louisiana Purchase

[1:01:20] - Marlene Daut on the Arcahaie Agreement, the anti-French slide and progress towards Haitian independence on Saint-Domingue