General Blücher's Journey to Waterloo: Garlic, Brandy, Rhubarb and Champagne - Sir Richard Evans

A short video focusing on one of the great military leaders of the Napoleonic Wars: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and... This short snippet from a recent lecture features none other than our esteemed Provost Sir Richard Evans. Here he discusses the Prussian general that Sir Richard believes is responsible for defeating Napoleon. The full lecture is freely available on the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and... Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 1,800 lectures free to access or download from the website. Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Twitter:   / greshamcollege   Facebook:   / greshamcollege