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Alexander Mikaberidze, author of The Napoleonic Wars

Alexander Mikaberidze, author of The Napoleonic Wars

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Summary

  • How did Georgia, with its unique language, survive sandwiched among empires?

  • Georgian histography and the origins of the Georgian language

  • How has the perception of Napoleon change over time

  • Is history fake?

  • Did Napoleon only eat one meal at the academy so that he could afford to buy himself books?

  • Napoleon, Jørgen Jørgensen, Mehmet Ali (Albanian founder of modern Egypt): the charisma and power of the outsider

  • Mamluks and the prominent roles of Georgians, their continued involvement with Georgia and how their nepotistic preference for Georgian slaves generated demand for Georgian captives

  • Georgian cuisine

  • What is most striking thing about living in Louisiana?

  • The role of Great Men in history

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