This work is composed for 'Ágora Historia', a radio program presented by David Benito. The goal is writing music for the eighteenth and nineteenth eras. The total length amounts to 30 minutes. Therefore, the narrative of the work is complex
because expository and descriptive passages is contrasted with other more tense and belligerent. The piece in their fullness intends to narrate the period between 1803 and 1815, a period known as the Napoleonic Wars. Tchaikovsky is its main reference, especially his '1812 Overture'.

This work's narrative begins with an introduction to the Europe of the Enlightenment, in which the elegance and majesty of the Revolutionary France and Great Britain are described. Upon reaching the 5th minute, the music changes to represent the Battle of Trafalgar fought by the Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies in the Cadiz Coast. Gradually, about the 8th minute, the tone changes expressing the principles of the Revolution.

The action focuses on the march of the French troops upon the continent in the 11th minute. This part ends in the victory of the Battle of Austerlitz victory and the entrance of Napoleon in Berlin. The events presented in the 14th minute contrast with the previous part, showing the beginning of the Peninsular War, the fall of Madrid into the hands of Napoleon and the military operations in Austria.

The 'Marseillaise', French famous anthem, makes its appearance for the first time in the 16th minute, proclaiming the French supremacy over the continent. The celebrated revolutionary fanfare evolves into an inspirational march to develop again into its original form. The beginning of the Russian Campaign in 1812 concludes this fragment in the 18th minute. Napoleon wanted a peace treaty with the Russian Tsar, Alexander I. This treaty was never fulfilled.

The work continues with a relaxed and calmed fragment. This fragment, warming and intimate, shows carefully crafted texture, full of delicate details. Its goal is, once again, is creating a contrast with the dominant warlike spirit. This section subtly narrates the Bourbon Restoration in France, the abdication of Napoleon and his exile to the Island of Elba in 1984. The 22th begins with the period known as 'Hundred Days'. Napoleon returns from his banishment at the Island of Elba and, from Cannes to Paris, he gets enough support among the roused population to overthrow Louis XVIII.

After several military successes, we reach the 23th minute, which places us in the steep hillsides of Waterloo. The British, led by Wellington, enter the scene. These events are so complex, historically speaking, that I have limited myself to only represent the British within the Allied side. Just like in the previous fragment with the 'Marseillaise', the British fanfare 'Rule Britannia' begins to play. It evolves from its original form to return to it at its pompous conclusion.

The Battle of Waterloo breaks out approximately in the 25th minute. This is a clear homage to Tchaikovsky's '1812 Overture'. This fragment's magnificence describes the decisive repercussion of this battle in the whole war. It is developed showing the several attacks between both sides represented by their own fanfares.

Finally, the work begins to reach its finale approximately in the 27th minute, concluding this historic period. Napoleon abdicates again and he is permanently banished to Saint Helena Island and, although Europe experiments the Restoration, this fragment is interpreted as a victory of the Revolution's values and their following repercussion on Continental Europe.

Info by Carlos L. Hernando