Patrick Geoghegan

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Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan · Wellington and Ireland · 24 May 2026 podcast

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Professor Michael Brewers is Emeritus Professor of Western European history at Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford and is the world's leading historian of Napoleonic Europe. matched

He's a specialist in the French Revolution, Napoleon, and the reshaping of Europe after 1789, and his books include the wonderful three volume biography, Napoleon, as well as the Napoleonic Empire in Italy and Europe under Napoleon. matched

And he's also the editor of Volume 1 of the Cambridge History. matched

Of the Napoleonic Wars. matched

Sheila, I wanted to talk to you about an element of Wellington's psychology and personality. matched

And that is the way he seemed unwilling to share information to people. matched

He liked doing things his own way. matched

He didn't seem to really want the advice of others. matched

And you see that playing out during the passing of Catholic Emancipation. matched

But you also see it at Waterloo when he's unwilling to. matched

to tell Anglesey anything, even though Anglesey is worried that um Wellington might be killed in battle, and in which case no one will know what to do. matched

And he even fights a duel over it. matched

And I think again, people in Ireland aren't aware that uh the Duke of Wellington is there fighting a duel uh based on this issue. matched

And I want to mention a wonderful event that you're taking part in on the thirtieth of June, Tuesday, the thirtieth of June, organized by the groundbreaking research project, the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland. matched

Uh this incredibly rich resource. matched

It's available free of charge, open access online. matched

Uh but you'll be speaking on Lord Anglesey, Tim Murta will be speaking about Catholic emancipation and a collection there, and Joel Herman will be speaking about uh the Irish matched

links with the American War of Independence and the Declaration, so if people are interested in that, they can just go to the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland website and they'll find all of those details. matched

Uh Gareth, can I ask you about Waterloo itself then, and how close a run thing it actually was in the end, whether Napoleon could have won and why it was that Wellington won. matched

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