Dec 02 2023 49 mins 9
On this week's episode of History Reconsidered, Sumantra Maitra and Jarrett Stepman discuss the fall of Napoleon in the final part of this three part series.
Perhaps most great stories in history come with a dramatic rise and fall, of persons or empires. Napoleon somehow managed an improbable rise to become master of France and Europe, to a dramatic fall borne of hubris, to emerge again with one last dramatic return ending at Waterloo.
While Napoleon was ultimately exiled a second time for good, he left an immense mark on the history of the world.
Maitra and Stepman talk about Napoleon's legacy as well as some alternative history. Could Napoleon really have gone to America to become a scientist?
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