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In 1895, Oscar Wilde fought a spectacular duel in court with his fellow Irishman, Edward Carson. Merlin Holland, grandson of Oscar Wilde, tells the epic story of the famous playwright’s downfall at the hands of the man who he once called an old friend.
June 22, 1941. Under the code name 'Barbarossa', Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. In the first hours of the attack, bombs rained down on Soviet airfields on the frontier. For the Soviets, it was a complete surprise. Part 1 of 2.
At the end of a bloody civil war, Francisco Franco seized power and ruled Spain with an iron hand for nearly four decades. Under his leadership the conservative, monarchist armed forces staged a coup against Spain’s democratically elected republican government. The insurrection was supported by Italy and Germany. Three years of bitter fighting followed and, by April 1939, Spain had become a different country. The hostilities and political purges cost half a million lives. Part 1 of 4.
In the 1980s, just as the sun was setting on the criminal empires of the American Mafia, the Mob produced one of the biggest characters in its history. America’s only celebrity gangster; John Gotti. Part 4 of 13.
A deeply segregated society emerges as the violence escalates. Part 2 of 5.
For this grand tour Paul’s journey begins at Loch Hourn on the mainland, takes him over the sea to Skye, then heads to the tiny island of Soay before ending on Canna. Part 5 of 6.
