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    Orange FeverThe Netherlands

    1/3 Misha Glenny explores a pivot of western history, the Netherlands.

    The Melting PotThe USA

    3/3 The USA is an invention. So how do you build the most powerful country in the world?

    BorderlandsThe USA

    2/3 The USA is an invention. So how do you build the most powerful country in the world?

    It'll Never WorkThe USA

    1/3 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.

    The BritishBrazil

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

    The PortugueseBrazil

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

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