EI Weekly Listen — Michael Broers on how Napoleon built a continent

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EI Weekly Listen — Michael Broers on how Napoleon built a continent

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Napoleonic geopolitics didn't make much impression on Europe's maps, but its influence was wide-ranging. Read by Leighton Pugh.

Napoleonic Europe: how the Emperor built a continent | Michael Broers

Image: Napoleon crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David. Credit: GL Archive / Alamy Stock Photo

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EI Weekly Listen — Michael Broers on how Napoleon built a continent

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