67 - Napoleon

Well, we’re still in France. In this episode, we’re going to talk about one of the most famous Frenchmen ever, Napoleon Bonaparte.  But I should start by pointing out that Napoleon, who eventually will become the Emperor of France, was not actually, well, French.  He was Corsican.  He was born on the Island of Corsica, which is an island in the Mediterranean, between France and Italy.  It’s just north of the larger island of Sardinia.  Ethnically, the Corsicans were mostly of Italian descent, rather than French.  In fact, Napoleon’s parents were descended from Italian nobility.

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What is A Short Walk through Our Long History?

I think that if you want to understand the world we live in today, it helps to understand the important events of history. In this series, we are going to look at major events, people, documents, places, books, and ideas that have shaped history, and thus shaped our modern world.