Based on a True Story

The Duellists with Alexander Mikaberidze

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We're going back to 1977 and Ridley Scott's feature film directorial debut, The Duellists. The movie tells the tale of two soldiers in Napoleon's army who duel with each other for over a decade. Historian and professor at Louisiana State University, Alexander Mikaberidze, returns to help us separate fact from fiction in the movie.


Learn more about the true story with Alexander's books

  • The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177globalhistory
  • The Battle of the Berezina: Napoleon's Great Escape: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177greatescape
  • The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Against: Kutuzov: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177borodino
  • Russian Eyewitnesses of the Campaign of 1807: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177eyewitnesses
  • The Russian Officer Corps of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: 1792-1815: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177officercorps
  • Find more of Alexander's books: https://links.boatspodcast.com/177guest


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