Sign up to get updates from us
Year(s) Discussed: 1813-1814
The Allied forces of Europe were drawing ever closer to the French capital in the early months of 1814, and the Emperor Napoleon had to consider what options remained for him and for his empire. Meanwhile, American diplomats in Europe worked to determine what impact events on the continent would have on negotiations with the British while President Madison appointed new commissioners to join the diplomats already in Europe. Sources used for this episode can be found at https://www.presidenciespodcast.com.
Special thanks to Ben Jacobs from Wittenberg to Westphalia for providing the intro quote for this episode and to Christian from Your Podcast Pal for his audio editing work on this episode!
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
Featured Image: "Adieux de Napoléon à la Garde impériale dans la cour du Cheval-Blanc du château de Fontainebleau" by Antoine Alphonse Montfort [c. 19th century], courtesy of Wikipedia
Intro and Outro Music: "Hull's Victory," as performed by David and Ginger Hildebrand, courtesy of the Colonial Music Institute at George Washington's Mount Vernon
