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44 - A Recipe for War

Talking History: The Italian Unification by Benjamin & Adam Ashwell

Nov 25, 201540:23Society & Culture

A new election in Piedmont will threaten to unseat Cavour, who will only survive through cunning, ruthlessness, and good old fashioned cheating. An assassination attempt on French Emperor Napoleon III will either warm th...

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44 - A Recipe for War is an episode from Talking History: The Italian Unification by Benjamin & Adam Ashwell. A new election in Piedmont will threaten to unseat Cavour, who will only survive through cunning, ruthlessness, and good old fashi...

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A new election in Piedmont will threaten to unseat Cavour, who will only survive through cunning, ruthlessness, and good old fashioned cheating. An assassination attempt on French Emperor Napoleon III will either warm the cockles of his heart or fan the flames of his ambition. Either way, Napoleon III will get serious about supporting Piedmont in a war against Austria. Cavour and Napoleon will meet and hash out the future of Italy in a single afternoon, including a pretext for war.

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Published Nov 25, 2015 and 40:23 long