Garibaldi's Grand Scheme

First broadcast from 20071112 to 20071119.

Misha Glenny traces the career of Italian nationalist hero Giuseppe Garibaldi.

 
 
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012007111220080629Born in Nice in 1807, Garibaldi became a merchant seaman, a guerilla fighter in South America, a defeated hero of the Roman Republic and the man who liberated the south of Italy before giving up all of his powers to the north.
Misha's journey takes him to Sicily, Rome, Sardinia and Milan. Among the people he meets is Anita Garibaldi, a descendant of the General himself.
02 LAST2007111920080706He explores the background to Garibaldi's most glorious exploit, the landing of a thousand men on Sicily and the heroic efforts that liberated all of southern Italy. On his travels, he meets former mayor of Palermo Leoluca Orlando, the man who stood up to the mafia.