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  • Introducing…Legacy

    Introducing…Legacy
    Nov 8 2023

    Legacy lands Wednesday 15th November. Afua Hirsch and Peter Frankopan tell the wild stories of some of the most extraordinary men and women ever to have lived – and ask whether they have the rep they deserve.

    Amazon Prime members can binge entire seasons early on Amazon Music. Wondery+ subscribers can binge full seasons early in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts.

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    1 min
  • Napoleon | Vive La Revolution | 1

    Napoleon | Vive La Revolution | 1
    Nov 15 2023
    A Corsican boy, an outsider, seizes his chance to make a name for himself when France is turned upside down by a long and bloody revolution. He’s relentless in his pursuit of power, and in the pursuit of one woman.

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    42 min
  • Napoleon | Charlemagne's Crown | 2

    Napoleon | Charlemagne's Crown | 2
    Nov 22 2023

    It’s not enough for Napoleon to dominate France. He fights right across Europe before sweeping into Notre Dame, Josephine at his side, to claim an imperial crown, watched by Europe’s elite.


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    43 min
  • Napoleon | Clash of Empires | 3

    Napoleon | Clash of Empires | 3
    Nov 29 2023
    Napoleon’s military success has cowed a continent but, in Russia, he meets almost unimaginable horror. He was defeated, he says, not by the Tsar, but by winter. His subjects aren’t so sure. And his enemies see an opportunity.

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    37 min
  • Napoleon | The Emperor & The Duke | 4

    Napoleon | The Emperor & The Duke | 4
    Dec 6 2023
    After escaping exile on Elba, Napoleon marches back to power. But the British Duke of Wellington is on his way to Waterloo to end the Napoleonic era. When the battle subsides, what’s left of Napoleon’s legacy? And what is his legacy today?

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    34 min
  • Cecil Rhodes | Eureka! | 1

    Cecil Rhodes | Eureka! | 1
    Dec 13 2023
    A sickly vicar’s son travels from England to Africa to join the diamond rush. Cecil Rhodes wants to make his fortune. But he also wants to extend the British Empire. Drama in his private life threatens to undermine both ambitions.

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    44 min
  • Cecil Rhodes | The Rise of Rhodesia | 2

    Cecil Rhodes | The Rise of Rhodesia | 2
    Dec 20 2023

    Rhodes dashes back to Kimberley to be with his dying friend. He then redoubles his colonial efforts, using ruthless tactics to trick the indigenous population out of their land. But an ill-fated scheme to take on the Boers is about to hurt him.


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    41 min
  • Cecil Rhodes | A Brooding Spirit | 3

    Cecil Rhodes | A Brooding Spirit | 3
    Dec 27 2023
    Rhodes deals with the fallout from the Jameson Raid as questions about his conduct reach the British parliament. He finds a new cause to further his ambition but years of ill-health are starting to catch up with him.

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    33 min