{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/606616295b1ee164aa3e63c0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Trafalgar Squared","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/undefined/1617302031625-ffb06a06bb836cd0427b53c9f0e8e073.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Trafalgar Squared is an exploration and examination of naval warfare during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. It was a time when the British Navy reached heights of brilliance unparalleled anywhere in the world under leaders like Admiral Nelson. The two powers, Great Britain and France, engaged in a near existential struggle for dominion of the world's oceans, generating a million colourful stories of heroism, fortitude, and exertion as they grappled with that ultimate tester of the human spirit - the sea. Now, from a distance of two hundred years and more - we can enjoy these stories as parables and metaphors - tales that reveal eternal truths about the human spirit, about cruel fate and how, for some, the glittering prizes are won, but often at a cost.</p><p><br></p><blockquote>Trafalgar Squared is number 2 in the list of best French Revolutionary podcasts <a href=\"https://blog.feedspot.com/french_revolutionary_wars_podcasts/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://blog.feedspot.com/french_revolutionary_wars_podcasts/</a></blockquote><p><br></p>","author_name":"Adam Preston"}