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The American Revolution

Episode number: 1

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

The American Civil War

Episode number: 2

Overview: 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

Supremacy

Episode number: 3

Overview: 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.