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The Duellists with Alexander Mikaberidze
Based on a True Story
English - March 05, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 486 ratingsFilm History TV & Film History games history movies story true Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We're going back to 1977 and Ridley Scott's feature film directorial debut, The Duellists. The movie tells the tale of two soldiers in Napoleon's army who duel with each other for over a decade. Historian and professor at Louisiana State University, Alexander Mikaberidze, returns to help us separate fact from fiction in the movie.
Learn more about the true story with Alexander's books
The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177globalhistory
The Battle of the Berezina: Napoleon's Great Escape: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177greatescape
The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Against: Kutuzov: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177borodino
Russian Eyewitnesses of the Campaign of 1807: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177eyewitnesses
The Russian Officer Corps of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: 1792-1815: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177officercorps
Find more of Alexander's books: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177guest
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We're going back to 1977 and Ridley Scott's feature film directorial debut, The Duellists. The movie tells the tale of two soldiers in Napoleon's army who duel with each other for over a decade. Historian and professor at Louisiana State University, Alexander Mikaberidze, returns to help us separate fact from fiction in the movie.
Learn more about the true story with Alexander's books
The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177globalhistory
The Battle of the Berezina: Napoleon's Great Escape: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177greatescape
The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Against: Kutuzov: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177borodino
Russian Eyewitnesses of the Campaign of 1807: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177eyewitnesses
The Russian Officer Corps of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: 1792-1815: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177officercorps
Find more of Alexander's books: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177guest
Did you enjoy this episode?
Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/98cf17d9-a93e-4935-b2a0-5e7225b6793a
Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177
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