Trafalgar Squared
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsTrafalgar Squared is an exploration and examination of naval warfare during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. It was a time when the British Navy reached heights of brilliance unparalleled anywhere in the world under leaders like Admiral Nelson. The two powers, Great Britain and France, engaged in a near existential struggle for dominion of the world's oceans, generating a million colourful stories of heroism, fortitude, and exertion as they grappled with that ultimate tester of the human spirit - the sea. Now, from a distance of two hundred years and more - we can enjoy these stories as parables and metaphors - tales that reveal eternal truths about the human spirit, about cruel fate and how, for some, the glittering prizes are won, but often at a cost.
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Episodes
Emma and Nelson - Part 5
April 19, 2023 12:27 - 21 minutes - 29.1 MBAs our story enters its last chapter Emma and Nelson finally see a possible future together as Sir William dies of old age. But their dream of living as a family at Paradise Merton is threatened by resumption of hostilities with France and Nelson has now become indispensable to his country as he stands between Napoleon and his ambition to totally dominate Europe. After pursuing the French fleet for two years without once setting foot on land Nelson finally returns to enjoy a scant few days w...
Emma and Nelson Part 4
April 18, 2023 10:16 - 18 minutes - 24.7 MBAs Emma prepares a home for a hero Nelson has become essential to his country's defence. During the brief Peace of Amiens Nelson and Emma enjoy precious time together but it is only with the passing of Sir William that they get to live as man and wife with their child Horatia - but when it comes to it, with war once again declared, this brief idyl is cut cruelly short. After just two weeks together at 'Paradise Merton' Nelson sets out to defend his country one more time... Support this show...
Emma and Nelson Part 3
January 19, 2023 15:35 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MBWhen Nelson, with his lover Emma and her husband in tow, met his wife at Nerots Hotel in London, after a two year separation, the one thing that was certain was that he was entering choppy waters. Nelson's hope of putting on a respectable front while continuing his affair was hopelessly unrealistic and things soon fell apart. His untidy private life now affected his professional standing, and despite his great victory at The Nile he was placed second in command of his next great expedition...
Emma and Nelson - A Perfect Storm Part 2
November 01, 2021 00:06 - 36 minutes - 50.4 MBEmma and Nelson had met briefly five years before but it was when they met in Naples in 1798 following his victory at The Battle of the Nile that they began to fall in love. In the heady atmosphere of a lavish Bourbon court, where both held significant influence, their regard for each other grew apace as chaos engulfed the kingdom. Forced to evacuate the royal family to Sicily Nelson began to fall seriously in love with Emma when he witnessed her strength and courage in the violent storm th...
Emma and Nelson Part 2
November 01, 2021 00:06 - 36 minutes - 50.4 MBEmma and Nelson had met briefly five years before but it was when they met in Naples in 1798 following his victory at The Battle of the Nile that they began to fall in love. In the heady atmosphere of a lavish Bourbon court, where both held significant influence, their regard for each other grew apace as chaos engulfed the kingdom. Forced to evacuate the royal family to Sicily Nelson began to fall seriously in love with Emma when he witnessed her strength and courage in the violent storm th...
Emma and Nelson - A Perfect Storm Part 1: First Encounters
July 31, 2021 23:01 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBThe tale of the love affair between Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton is one of the great true stories in history. In the first in a series of podcasts on this subject we discover that Nelson had been in love before - several times, and that his love for his wife was genuine. We learn of Emma incredibly impoverished childhood and her years of struggle in London, during which time she posed at a bizarre temple of health, was forced into prostitution to survive, was the mistress of a wild young ar...
Emma and Nelson - Part 1
July 31, 2021 23:01 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBThe tale of the love affair between Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton is one of the great true stories in history. In the first in a series of podcasts on this subject we discover that Nelson had been in love before - several times, and that his love for his wife was genuine. We learn of Emma incredibly impoverished childhood and her years of struggle in London, during which time she posed at a bizarre temple of health, was forced into prostitution to survive, was the mistress of a wild young ar...
Meet a Frigate and a 74
July 01, 2021 00:00 - 28 minutes - 53.2 MBAny maritime tale about the Napoleonic wars is likely to feature a frigate or a seventy four gun ship. In this episode we learn a host of fascinating facts about these two types of ships with some fascinating facts thrown in for good measure. Find out where the word 'nipper' comes from or why something might be referred to as 'copper bottomed'. There's stuff here for experts to argue about and newcomers to this subject will find themselves armed with a enough knowledge about these essential ...
What Makes Nelson Special?
May 31, 2021 23:15 - 30 minutes - 57.2 MBAdam Preston looks at the qualities that make Nelson stand out as the foremost naval commander of his day - and one of the greatest naval commanders in all of history, by examining how he conducted himself during the great battles for which he is commemorated - and an almost completely forgotten engagement as well. If you want to know why Nelson stands quite so high on the his column in Trafalgar Square - this episode helps to explain it. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/trafal...
The Story of The Trafalgar Way
May 01, 2021 08:54 - 25 minutes - 46.4 MBImmediately after The Battle of Trafalgar, as Lord Nelson lay dead on the orlop deck of HMS Victory, the new Commander in Chief Admiral Collingwood was faced with the challenge of his career as a hurricane swept in, threatening to turn victory into catastrophe. It was days before he could even think of communicating news of what had happened - and when he did the only ship he could spare for this vital task was a seventy three foot schooner, HMS Pickle. Tasked with taking despatches to Londo...
TRAFALGAR SQUARED - Trailer
April 14, 2021 15:56 - 6 minutes - 11.5 MBTime to grow a pair of sea legs and dive in to Trafalgar Squared - a new podcast about the Georgian navy during the period of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. In this trailer you will hear about how this series has its origins in a major commission to write a television series about Lord Nelson, what to expect in the podcast and how it can change your life for the better! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/trafalgar-squared. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...