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Podcast: Talking History: The Italian Unification
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49 - The Harsh Light of Day
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:54:52
Publish Date: 2017-06-12 00:36:29
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We're closing in on the end of the story of the Italian unification. Through both force of arms and cunning, Piedmont has conquered almost all of Italy - from the perspective of grand, heroic history, we've already passed the climax and we’re just tying up loose ends. But that’s not how I feel about it - because we're about to leave the heady days of high hopes and dreams for the future into the murky realm of mistakes, and of what might have been. 

 
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