December may be a celebratory time for many, but in 1800 it caused Napoleon Bonaparte a giant headache. This episode is all about the attempted Christmas Eve assassination of France's future emperor.
Podcaster: Christine
Further Reading
Queen Hortense Bonaparte, The Memoirs of Queen Hortense, Jean Hanoteau (ed.), Arthur K. Griggs (trans.), vol I, Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1927. Michael Broers, Napoleon: Soldier of Destiny, Faber & Faber, 2014. Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life, Viking, 2014. The Fondation Napoleon. Images "Attack on the life of the First Consul, rue Saint Nicaise", via Bibliothèque nationale de France "Rue Nicaise, 3 Nivôse an 9 de la Rép.que f.se. Attentat à la vie du premier consul", via Bibliothèque nationale de France Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com) 
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