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  • Battlefield Surgery with Mick Crumplin
    Aug 28 2020

    In this episode of Visiting Historians, Liam Fitzgerald interviews retired surgeon, curator and historian Mick Crumplin on the gruesome realities of battle wounds, military medicine and battlefield surgery during the Battle of Waterloo. Mick is the curator of the Military Surgical Museum at Ferme de Mont-Saint-Jean, which served as Wellington's field hospital during the battle, and was the focus of Waterloo Uncovered's excavations in 2019.
    This episode contains graphic descriptions of injuries and battlefield surgery including amputation. Listener discretion is advised.

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    13 Min.
  • Napoleon at Waterloo with Andrew Roberts
    Jul 3 2020

    In this episode of Visiting Historians, Liam Fitzgerald interviews historian and journalist Andrew Roberts, on Napoleon's experiences, decisions and mistakes at Waterloo. Andrew's works on the Battle of Waterloo include Waterloo: June 18, 1815: The Battle for Modern Europe and Napoleon and Wellington: The Battle of Waterloo—And the Great Commanders Who Fought It.

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    13 Min.
  • The Dutch at Waterloo with Ben Schoenmaker
    Jul 2 2020

    In this episode of Visiting Historians, Liam Fitzgerald interviews Dutch historian Professor Ben Schoenmaker on the Dutch perspective of the Battle of Waterloo and the role of the Prince of Orange. Ben is the director of the Netherlands Institute of Military History (NIMH) in The Hague and a lecturer in Military History at Leiden University.

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    12 Min.
  • The Battle of Waterloo with Peter Snow
    Jun 10 2020

    In the first episode of Waterloo Uncovered's brand new Visiting Historians podcast series, Liam Fitzgerald is joined by author, television presenter and celebrated Napoleonic historian Peter Snow, known widely as the former presenter of Newsnight. 

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    12 Min.