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Episode 5

5/5 Napoleon ended his life on a distant island. Andrew Roberts asks what history made of him.

Episode 4

4/5 Andrew Roberts explains why Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo.

Episode 3

3/5 Andrew Roberts considers Napoleon's reputation as the principal warmonger of the age.

Episode 2

2/5 Did Napoleon turn into a military dictatorship? Historian Andrew Roberts considers.

Episode 1

1/5 Was Napoleon really the short, uncouth, Corsican upstart portrayed by caricaturists?

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