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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Ah yeah it would be great, no doubt. I was just making a bad pun on his name. I love all that historical ****. Watching one about Napoleon atm. Man was he a bad ass! Can't beat properly researched historical dramas. You watched Versailles yet? I think you'd love that ****.
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I have not. I've been listening to Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast though, and his five-part series on WW1 (Blueprint for Armaggedon) starts by talking about Napoleon and the French Revolution and how the invasion of France by basically all of Europe revolutionized war due to the mobilization of all of France in retaliation, an unprecedented move in Europe that created for the first time an entire nation going to war, rather than poncy aristocrats hiring mercenary armies to fight battles with other mercenary armies for a few months to decide who gets what province.
Fascinating stuff that makes me stop listening and go out to smoke a cigarette just so I can ruminate on what I've just heard (cigs are good for making you think). I figure you'd love Carlin.
https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/
Currently on Amazon considering whether I should pull the trigger and buy this...
https://www.amazon.com/Iron-Kingdom-.../dp/0674031962