About this episode
On this special episode of Battle Lines, Roland Oliphant and guests tackle the late David Knowles’ favourite conversational gambit: Who is your favourite of Napoleon’s Marshals? As they ponder their own choice they look back at who the generals were, what made them ‘great’, and why they continue to capture the imagination.
Contributors
Francis Dearnley (The Telegraph’s Assistant Comment Editor)
Dr. Matilda Greig (Historian at the National Army Museum in London, specialising in the Napoleonic period.
Dr. Zack White (historian and host of 'The Napoleonic Wars Podcast')
The Napoleonic & Revolutionary War Graves Charity
To learn more about the charity that aims to provide similar care to the dead of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars to that we see from more recent conflicts, visit:
'Napoleonic Objects and their Afterlives', edited by Matilda Greig, is available here:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/napoleonic-objects-and-their-afterlives-9781350415072/
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