The Duellists with Alexander Mikaberidze

We're going back to 1977 and Ridley Scott's feature film directorial debut, The Duellists. The movie tells the tale of two soldiers in Napoleon's army who duel with each other for over a decade. Historian and professor at Louisiana State University, Alexander Mikaberidze, returns to help us separate fact from fiction in the movie.Learn more about the true story with Alexander's books The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177globalhistory The Battle of the Berezina: Napoleon's Great Escape: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177greatescape The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Against: Kutuzov: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177borodino Russian Eyewitnesses of the Campaign of 1807: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177eyewitnesses The Russian Officer Corps of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: 1792-1815: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177officercorps Find more of Alexander's books: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177guest Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/98cf17d9-a93e-4935-b2a0-5e7225b6793a Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.