Ruth Scurr
7 Podcast Episodes
RUTH SCURR on Napoleon's green fingers
RUTH SCURR on Napoleon's green fingers
Help us produce more episodes by supporting the Napoleonic Quarterly on Patreon: patreon.com/napoleonicquarterly Writer,... Read more
3 Aug 2022
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34mins
Episode 495 - Ruth Scurr
Episode 495 - Ruth Scurr
With her wonderful new biography, Napoleon: A Life Told In Gardens And Shadows (Liveright Books), Ruth Scurr offers up a... Read more
19 Jul 2022
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1hr 21mins
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Napoleon & His Gardens with Dr. Ruth Scurr
Napoleon & His Gardens with Dr. Ruth Scurr
In this interview Ruth Scurr tells me about Napoleon’s relationship with gardens throughout his life. Napoleon was inter... Read more
18 Jan 2022
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49mins
Ruth Scurr on the Art of Biography
Ruth Scurr on the Art of Biography
The most challenging part of being a biographer for Ruth Scurr is finding the best form to tell a life. “You can't go in... Read more
1 Dec 2021
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51mins
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NAPOLEON by Ruth Scurr, read by Tanya Cubric
NAPOLEON by Ruth Scurr, read by Tanya Cubric
Ruth Scurr, one of our most original and engaging historians, reconstructs Napoleon’s life from the perspective of the g... Read more
23 Sep 2021
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6mins
Ruth Scurr: Napoleon's life in gardens and shadows
Ruth Scurr: Napoleon's life in gardens and shadows
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the writer and critic Ruth Scurr, whose new book marks today's 200th annive... Read more
5 May 2021
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47mins
Ruth Scurr discusses John Aubrey and the art of writing biography
Ruth Scurr discusses John Aubrey and the art of writing biography
Ruth Scurr talks about her unconventional approach to writing a biography of John Aubrey, the seventeenth-century biogra... Read more
25 Feb 2015
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14mins
