American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

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2019

British historian Lucy Worsley reveals how some of the biggest moments in US history are actually fibs and stories concocted by pop culture, politics and national(istic) pride.

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3 Episodes • Premiered 2019

1. The American Revolution

The American Revolution created not just a new independent nation but also numerous popular myths about its foundation that in time replaced the facts.

2. The American Civil War

Lucy Worsley shows how the history of the American Civil War has been retold over time, in movies, books and speeches, to promote freedom and equality but also hatred and division

3. Supremacy

Lucy Worsley reveals the myths and deceptions in the story of America following the United States' emergence as a superpower after the Second World War.