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Trafalgar Squared
by Adam Preston
Trafalgar Squared is an exploration and examination of naval warfare during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. It was a time when the British Navy reached heights of brilliance unparalleled anywhere in the world under leaders like Admiral Nelson. The two powers, Great Britain and France, engaged in a near existential struggle for dominion of the world's oceans, generating a million colourful stories of heroism, fortitude, and exertion as they grappled with that ultimate tester of the human spirit - the sea. Now, from a distance of two hundred years and more - we can enjoy these stories as parables and metaphors - tales that reveal eternal truths about the human spirit, about cruel fate and how, for some, the glittering prizes are won, but often at a cost. Trafalgar Squared is number 2 in the list of best French Revolutionary podcasts <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/french_revolutionary_wars_podcasts/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target=
Episodes
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Interview with Lieutenant Commander Steven Cass, Captain of HMS Victory
To celebrate Adam Preston's one man show, Horatio Nelson Fever and Fire, which runs at the Tabard Theatre Greenwich from 8th-11th April Adam Preston interviews a man with a dream job. The serving captain of Nelson's Trafalgar flagship talks about how he came to be appointed to the role, what it...
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Emma and Nelson - Part 5
As our story enters its last chapter Emma and Nelson finally see a possible future together as Sir William dies of old age. But their dream of living as a family at Paradise Merton is threatened by resumption of hostilities with France and Nelson has now become indispensable to his country as he...
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Emma and Nelson Part 4
As Emma prepares a home for a hero Nelson has become essential to his country's defence. During the brief Peace of Amiens Nelson and Emma enjoy precious time together but it is only with the passing of Sir William that they get to live as man and wife with their child Horatia - but when it comes…
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Emma and Nelson Part 3
When Nelson, with his lover Emma and her husband in tow, met his wife at Nerots Hotel in London, after a two year separation, the one thing that was certain was that he was entering choppy waters. Nelson's hope of putting on a respectable front while continuing his affair was hopelessly…
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Emma and Nelson Part 2
Emma and Nelson had met briefly five years before but it was when they met in Naples in 1798 following his victory at The Battle of the Nile that they began to fall in love. In the heady atmosphere of a lavish Bourbon court, where both held significant influence, their regard for each other grew...
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Emma and Nelson - Part 1
The tale of the love affair between Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton is one of the great true stories in history. In the first in a series of podcasts on this subject we discover that Nelson had been in love before - several times, and that his love for his wife was genuine. We learn of Emma...
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Meet a Frigate and a 74
Any maritime tale about the Napoleonic wars is likely to feature a frigate or a seventy four gun ship. In this episode we learn a host of fascinating facts about these two types of ships with some fascinating facts thrown in for good measure. Find out where the word 'nipper' comes from or why...
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What Makes Nelson Special?
Adam Preston looks at the qualities that make Nelson stand out as the foremost naval commander of his day - and one of the greatest naval commanders in all of history, by examining how he conducted himself during the great battles for which he is commemorated - and an almost completely forgotten...
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The Story of The Trafalgar Way
Immediately after The Battle of Trafalgar, as Lord Nelson lay dead on the orlop deck of HMS Victory, the new Commander in Chief Admiral Collingwood was faced with the challenge of his career as a hurricane swept in, threatening to turn victory into catastrophe. It was days before he could even...
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TRAFALGAR SQUARED - Trailer
Time to grow a pair of sea legs and dive in to Trafalgar Squared - a new podcast about the Georgian navy during the period of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. In this trailer you will hear about how this series has its origins in a major commission to write a television series about...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Trafalgar Squared is an exploration and examination of naval warfare during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. It was a time when the British Navy reached heights of brilliance unparalleled anywhere in the world under leaders like Admiral Nelson. The two powers, Great Britain and France, engaged in a near existential struggle for dominion of the world's oceans, generating a million colourful stories of heroism, fortitude, and exertion as they grappled with that ultimate tester of the human spirit - the sea. Now, from a distance of two hundred years and more - we can enjoy these stories as parables and metaphors - tales that reveal eternal truths about the human spirit, about cruel fate and how, for some, the glittering prizes are won, but often at a cost.
Trafalgar Squared is number 2 in the list of best French Revolutionary podcasts <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/french_revolutionary_wars_podcasts/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target=
HOSTED BY
Adam Preston
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Trafalgar Squared is an exploration and examination of naval warfare during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. It was a time when the British Navy reached heights of brilliance unparalleled anywhere in the world under leaders like Admiral Nelson. The two powers, Great Britain...
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