Episode 22: Q2-1797 - Rogue statesman
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Help us produce more episodes by supporting the Napoleonic Quarterly on Patreon: patreon.com/napoleonicquarterly 1797. April… May… June. Three months in which a victorious French general secures generous peace terms from Vienna... national elections in France prompt yet another political crisis… and the Royal Navy faces a series of mutinies that puts British security on a knife-edge. This is episode 22 of the Napoleonic Quarterly – covering three months in which Bonaparte the statesman takes centre stage. [09:40] - Michael Broers on the Preliminaries of Leoben [31:20] - Ruth Scurr on the 1797 French elections [57:47] - Rachel Blackman-Rogers on the Nore and Sheerness mutinies Plus from [23:05] a deep dive into the Austrian military courtesy of Charles Esdaile And from [1:07:44] Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze size up the state of Europe, including Prussia and Russia, as the First Coalition draws to a close.