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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14mins

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