03: Nation | Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain with Simon Sebag Montefiore

Duration: 59'14''

Synopsis

Simon explores Spain's golden age under Philip II through to the Spanish Civil War and dictatorship under Franco, from which Spain has emerged as a modern democratic monarchy.

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