Episode 36: Q4-1800 - Infernal Machine

The Napoleonic Quarterly

1800. January… February… March… Three months in which Jean-Victor Moreau’s snowy victory at Hohenlinden takes the Austrians out of the war… Napoleon Bonaparte survives the world’s first car bombing attempt in Paris… And across the Atlantic those huge swathes of land west of the Appalachians change hands between the European powers once again, causing disquiet in Washington DC. This is episode 36 of the Napoleonic Quarterly - covering three months in which French military prowess once again proves decisive.

[09:32] - Headline developments

[24:32] - Alan Forrest on the 'Infernal Machine' assassination attempt on Bonaparte's life

[49:06] - Hans-Karl Weiss on the Battle of Hohenlinden

[1:08:44] - Preliminary discussion on the Treaty of San Il Defonso

[1:15:55] - Kathy Burk on the Treaty of San Il Defonso