Napoleon by Adam Zamoyski and Andrew Roberts
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- čas přidán 28. 10. 2018
- An unmissable set-to between Adam Zamoyski and Andrew Roberts discussing Napoleon. Was he a military genius, a Romantic superhero, a demigod, or was he a compulsive warmonger, a tyrant, or monstrous psychopath. Napoleon was all of these things at certain times, but none of these things all of the time.
Two mates pretend to hate each other for 1 hour
If Napoleon wasn't exceptional, we would not still be talking and debating about him today, more than 200 years later...Vive l'Empereur, Vive la Revolution, Vive la Republique !
Love both authors. Was honored to have them on our podcast.
What is lovely about this discussion, is that though they totally disagree, nevertheless they really like one another (obviously they are the greatest of friends)
Napoleon may have been an ordinary man, but there can be no doubt that he did extraordinary things
Napoleon.. an extraordinary person. More extraordinary for being just ordinary.
If Frederick and Catherine can be "the Great", it's not unreasonable to use that term with Napoleon
Napoleon didn't have an education? He excelled in the Military School at Math and Ballistics. He was an avid reader and had a great memory. If for nothing else, he was great for those reasons (but anonymous in this event).
As a proud English man I’ve always been an admirer of napoleon the great 👍
Zamoyski seems compelled to undermine Napoleon's military talents, and I don't feel that will ever work for him.
Calling a man 'ordinary', during a lengthy discussion about said man, which takes place almost 200 years after said ordinary man's death, is sort of the best ever counter-argument to calling him 'ordinary'.
I'm genuinly trying to see Napoleon from Adam's perspective, and I do sometimes see his point, perfectly intelligible points, but I just cannot agree with it. It seems as though he compares Napoleon by some counterfactual world, that he was not as good as he could have been, if not for his mistakes and blunders etc.
The thing is Adamis from a polish aristocracy himself being a Count.
Napoleon was so great that they named an entire era after him. He was great and his memory will remain alive in France forever.
I admire both of these gentlemen. Amazing writers
What a fun and interesting discussion! It was all super interesting. I'm on the side that Napoleon is one of the greatest leaders in history and an absolutely extraordinary person.
The Army of Italy really is one of the finest historical examples of the old adage "an army of (ill-equipped) sheep led by a lion"
One of the most British discussions on the Man i´ve ever seen/ listened to! Watch the intelligence squared bit between these two gents have at Napoleons historical imprint, brilliant!..
It's been 200 years, and very probably more ink has been spilled about Napoleon than about anyone else who has ever lived. Yet the man remains elusive.
You can tell despite opposing on certain issues they have great respect for each other. An interesting debate both healthy and informative