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Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets

The Romanovs & The Russian Revolution

The October Revolution of 1917 has gone down in history as the only Russian Revolution that really mattered. But Lucy Worsley reveals that the earlier revolution in February that year was downplayed in Bolshevik history books and films despite the fact that it was the truly spontaneous popular uprising that swept the Czar from power.

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Kings George III & IV and the Napoleonic War

Lucy Worsley reveals how King George III was forced to relinquish power to his son.

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Henry VIII's Reformation

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Marie Antoinette: The Doomed Queen

Uncover the myths and secrets that led the doomed Marie Antoinette to the guillotine.

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