43. Napoleon’s Tiniest Campaign

“From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step." - Napoleon Bonaparte

An episode of the The Land of Desire: French History and Culture podcast, hosted by Diana Stegall, titled "43. Napoleon’s Tiniest Campaign" was published on October 4, 2018 and runs 32 minutes.

October 4, 2018 ·32m · The Land of Desire: French History and Culture

0:00 / 0:00

Summary

This is the story of what happens when the world’s greatest ambition is thwarted by the world’s most inescapable obstacle: bureaucracy. This story has it all: double-crossing, surprise comebacks, and petty warfare - no, I mean really petty warfare. SHOW NOTES: http://www.thelandofdesire.com/2018/10/03/napoleon-in-exile/

Episode Description

“From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.” – Napoleon Bonaparte This week we’re going to explore a little-known footnote of history: Napoleon Bonaparte’s tiniest war. Now, if you’re like me and hate military history, don’t tune out just yet – the battlefield is small, and the only casualty is – well, I

The post 43. Napoleon’s Tiniest Campaign appeared first on The Land of Desire.

Share this episode

Similar Episodes

310: The End of ILAB? Quarterly Update Q1 2025

Feb 13, 2025 ·54m

309: Why Do Mid-Caps Get No Love? An Argument for Mid-Cap Funds

Nov 14, 2024 ·59m

308: Carbon Index Investing with Kraneshares' Luke Oliver (Encore)

Oct 24, 2024 ·61m

307: When Lifestyle Creep Catches Up to You

Oct 17, 2024 ·37m

306: Q3 2024 Quarterly Update

Oct 10, 2024 ·36m

305: The Economic and Lifestyle Value of Buenos Aires

Oct 3, 2024 ·57m

Similar Podcasts

Invest Like a Boss Sam Marks Johnny FD Derek Spartz Interviews with the world's best investors and find out what they are currently investing in whether it be the stocks, retirement accounts, Wealthfront, Betterment, Vanguard, mutual funds, real estate, Forex, REITs, or other types of Investing methods. Millionaire and Entrepreneur Sam Marks, Johnny FD & Derek Spartz invest alongside listeners as they share their personal portfolios as they save their hard earned money for travel, life and retirement. Invest Like a Boss covers all aspects of investing in the modern age in a fun, entertaining way. The show hosts interview the worlds best investors, financial Insiders, entrepreneurs and CEOs to find out what they are investing in and strategies to gain outsized returns. In this modern age of investing, new investment instruments are popping up each day, from P-2-P lending, to robo-advisors, equity crowd-funding to REITS. Investors today need to combine centuries of investment wisdom with an modern outlook and approach. Entrepreneurs Sa Waiting For Review Dave Wood The show is a fortnightly catch up between David Gary Wood, and Daniel Jilg!David is the longtime host of the show, an iOS development coach based in Wellington, New Zealand. His side project applications include GoVJ (https://govjapp.com), and he is currently working on several small projects.Daniel is an establish independent developer based in the south of Germany. He is the founder of: Telemetry Deck (https://telemetrydeck.com), "Lightweight Analytics That's Not Evil", an analytics service for apps that provides speedy and accurate analytics whilst keeping user's data private and anonymised. The Midnight Air All Things Comedy The Midnight Air is your weekly “overnight radio” podcast from Daniel Van Kirk. Topics range from friendly conversation, pop culture news, film and tv discussions, stories of lore and mysteries, plus the articles from the pages of a small newspaper in rural Wisconsin. This is the easy-listening podcast for people trying to fall asleep or for people that are trying to stay awake. This feed is also the home of the back catalogue for The Pen Pals Podcast. With new episodes of Pen Pals dropping occasionally. LIFE Church Home LIFE Church UK LIFE Church Bradford is multi-cultural church where all can find a place to belong and thrive. These podcast messages are full of life and hope, rallying a generation to embrace the broken and become ambassadors of hope.

URL copied to clipboard!