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Napoleon and His Marshals by Andrew RobertsEpisodes

  1. Episode 5

    5/5Book of the Week. A dramatic tale of victory, rivalry and betrayal.

  2. Episode 4

    4/5Book of the Week. A dramatic tale of victory, rivalry and betrayal.

  3. Rivalry

    3/5Napoleon’s penchant for favouritism and disgrace breeds rivalry between his Marshals

  4. Victory

    2/5Napoleon begins to undermine his own meritocracy with favours and disgrace.

  5. The Marshalate

    1/5In the wake of the French Revolution, Napoleon anoints a new meritocratic nobility