03/02/2015
Jenny Uglow and Andrew Roberts join Tom Holland in the studio to explore the rise and fall of the emperor Napoleon and our fascination with the monarchy.
Tom and Helen Castor are back with the programme which shares listener's passion for the past.
This week, Tom is joined by two of our leading historians/biographers - Jenny Uglow and Andrew Roberts. Dr Kate Williams takes a trip to out of season Torquay to re-live the mad summer days when the Emperor Napoleon came to town and Helen Castor discusses a new series of books which deliver a concise and opinionated history of English kings and queens.
Over the next eight weeks, the team will be criss-crossing the United Kingdom and going further afield to discover more about the stories that are really making history - including looking out for missing pre-Raphaelite paintings in Birmingham, asking whether local government cut-backs are leaving our historic landscape unprotected, learning how heritage is helping build new futures in Stoke-On-Trent and visiting the scene of an early aviators' tragic crash-landing some 300 years ago.
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Producer: Nick Patrick
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Notes on the moment Napoleon was transferred to a ship in the UK, taking him to exile.
We're back!
Tom Holland is in the chair of the first of a new series in which listeners and historians come together to share the latest historical research.
Today: Napoleon in Torbay; Are the reigns of kings and queens the best way to look at the past? Plus an activity holiday that will play to your inner Viking.
Today’s guests are Jenny Uglow OBE who has just had published 'In These Times: Living In Britain Through Napoleon’s Wars' and Andrew Roberts the author of 'Napoleon The Great'.
Napoleon In Torbay
Kate Williams travels to Torquay to find out how it was that, after defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte ended up on board a British ship of the line anchored off the English Riviera.
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Penguin Monarchs
has unveiled a new series on the kings and queens of England. The company has commissioned some of our leading historians to write 25,000 personal assessments of English monarchs, from Athelstan to Elizabeth II, but is this a satisfactory way to divide up and assess the past or is it just soap opera?ÌýÌý
Helen Castor talks to Stephen Alford, David Cannadine, John Guy and Philip Ziegler about writing the first four editions; whilst radical historian Ted Vallance explains why he thinks that this approach sidelines the key people in our history: ordinary people.
Be a Viking for the Summer
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Making History is Produced by Nick Patrick and is a Pier Production for Â鶹Éç Radio 4
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