49 - The Harsh Light of Day

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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49 - The Harsh Light of Day is an episode from Talking History: The Italian Unification by Benjamin & Adam Ashwell.

This episode is 54:52 long.

This episode was published on Jun 12, 2017.

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