The History Hour

  The History Hour takes place fortnightly at Entoyment Wargaming and Hobby Centre and is run by renowned Military Historian Toby McLeod. Toby takes our visitors through a Powerpoint presentation on the subject with talks usually lasting around 45mins to an hour with a short Q&A at the end. Toby has worked throughout his career as a lecturer with the Army Training Regiment, Battlefield Tours, various University courses and the MOD. He has a wealth of knowledge across all genres from Ancient Greece until the Modern Day. The talks start at 6.30pm on Sundays, Tea/coffee, Soft Drinks and Snacks are available to purchase on site, please check the below schedule for details of upcoming talks. Talks are £6 per head, per lecture. With a special discount price for bulk bookings. 

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More ink has been spilled on the career of France’s illustrious Emperor than perhaps any other character in history. But are we any closer to knowing the real man? Napoleon remains a deeply controversial figure, both in France and abroad - he was either a great and glorious commander of French armies or a relentless and unscrupulous butcher. Neither cliché is true or helpful, but what was the nature of the man – what motivated and drove him to prodigious feats of conquest? What were the reasons for his calamitous and tragic downfall?

While the details of Napoleon’s military career and campaigns are well-known and have been endlessly dissected, even before his death in 1821, the nature of his personality and inner life largely remains an enigma.

The series of talks uses the various locations of the events of the life of Napoleon and the military campaigns as a backdrop for a discussion of his life and loves, as well as the legacy he left behind…

There will be ten presentations of about forty-five minutes with time for questions at the end, presented with extensive slides and graphics in a relaxed, informal setting. A proposed outline of the ten topics to be covered follows, please note that these are all standalone talks, and while they do follow a course of events, you do not have to attend all 10 talks:

    I. May 5th - Corsica and Brienne

II. May 19th - Toulon and Paris

III. June 2nd - Italy

IV. June 16th - Egypt

V. June 30th - Paris again

VI. July 14th - Vienna and Berlin

VII. July 28th - Spain and Vienna

VIII. August 11th -Moscow and Saxony

IX. August 25th - A Muddy Field in Belgium

X. September 8th - St. Helena