{"id":742,"date":"2024-07-23T12:52:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T12:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2026.italyfixer.com\/?p=742"},"modified":"2024-07-23T12:52:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T12:52:55","slug":"andrew-roberts-napoleon-back2back-tv-bbc2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2026.italyfixer.com\/?p=742","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Roberts&#8217; Napoleon (Back2back TV\/BBC2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"721\" src=\"http:\/\/2026.italyfixer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/andrew_roberts_napoleon3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-743\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2026.italyfixer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/andrew_roberts_napoleon3.jpg 960w, http:\/\/2026.italyfixer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/andrew_roberts_napoleon3-480x361.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 960px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">With access to a unique archive of personal letters, historian <strong>Andrew Roberts<\/strong> brings the story of <strong>Napoleon <\/strong>vividly to life. As he retraces the footsteps of the legendary leader, he sheds new light on Napoleon as an extraordinarily gifted military commander and mesmeric leader, whose private life was, contrary to popular belief, littered with disappointments and betrayals.,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">For the scenes regarding Napoleon&#8217;s campaigns in Italy, the <strong>BBC <\/strong>asked <strong>Fabio Di Segni <\/strong>and <strong>ITALYfixer<\/strong> to provide <strong>production services<\/strong> for the <strong>television crew<\/strong>. Fabio researched and <strong>scouted locations<\/strong> in <strong>Milan, Lodi <\/strong>and <strong>Mantova<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"http:\/\/2026.italyfixer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Andrew-Roberts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-745\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2026.italyfixer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Andrew-Roberts.jpg 640w, http:\/\/2026.italyfixer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Andrew-Roberts-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Andrew Roberts and Fabio Di Segni<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\"><br>In <strong>Milan<\/strong>, <strong>Fabio Di Segni <\/strong>organized <strong>access <\/strong>and <strong>film permits<\/strong> for filming in the cathedral square and Palazzo Serbelloni, a neoclassical palace where Napoleon and Josephine stayed in 1796. Lodi and Mantova were scenes of some of the key battles in Napoleon\u2019s Italian campaign, and <strong>ITALYfixer<\/strong> helped the <strong>TV crew<\/strong> find the best spots to illustrate these historic events.<br>You can see an extract\u00a0the the 3-part series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YVM4Mtg4vvE&amp;t=67s\">here<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x7qetnj\">https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x7qetnj<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With access to a unique archive of personal letters, historian Andrew Roberts brings the story of Napoleon vividly to life. 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