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The Invention Of... Episodes

    'It'll never work!'The USA

    The USA is an invention. So how do you build the most powerful country in the world?

    Le Petit Napoleon and the Franco-Prussian WarFrance

    3/3 Misha Glenny explores the crucial events of 1870 and the Franco-Prussian war.

    Maximilien RobespierreFrance

    2/3 Misha Glenny explores the impact of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.

    Joan of ArcFrance

    1/3 Misha Glenny explores a crucial period in France's history.

    Getulio Vargas and the USABrazil

    3/3 Misha Glenny explores the life of Getulio Vargas, the man who changed Brazil.

    Episode 2: The BritishBrazil

    2/3 Misha Glenny on how, in 1808, the entire Portuguese court moved across the Atlantic.

    Episode 1: The PortugueseBrazil

    1/3 Misha Glenny presents a history of Brazil from 1500 to the end of the Second World War.

    Episode 3Italy

    3/3 Misha Glenny explores the ambitious targets of Italian warmongers in the First World War.

    Episode 2Italy

    2/3 Misha explores Italian unification, beginning with Napoleon's call to the peoples of Italy

    Episode 1Italy

    1/3 Misha Glenny begins his history with the French invasion of 1494.

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