Cicero
43 BCE - Italy
In hiding with the sound of horsemen on the road, Rome's greatest orator sets down the case he will never deliver.
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In hiding with the sound of horsemen on the road, Rome's greatest orator sets down the case he will never deliver.
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44 BCE - Rome
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Days before the Ides of March, Rome's most powerful man sets down what he cannot say aloud.
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1799 - Mount Vernon
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In his last year at Mount Vernon, the father of a nation admits what the republic asked of him — and what it took.
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1825 - Monticello
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At Monticello, an architect of liberty confronts the contradictions he built into the foundations of a nation.
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1790 - Philadelphia
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1969 - Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises
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At Colombey, having walked away from power a second time, a general asks whether France understood what he tried to build.
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1897 - Friedrichsruh
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Dismissed, ageing, and deliberately sidelined, the architect of German unification watches his successors dismantle his work.
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44 BCE - Rome
Admiration, conspiracy, and the danger of political necessity.
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
Days before the Ides of March, Rome's most powerful man sets down what he cannot say aloud.
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1799 - Mount Vernon
state-power
A contrasting life shaped by state power.
In his last year at Mount Vernon, the father of a nation admits what the republic asked of him — and what it took.
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1825 - Monticello
state-power
A contrasting life shaped by state power.
At Monticello, an architect of liberty confronts the contradictions he built into the foundations of a nation.
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1790 - Philadelphia
revolution-and-upheaval
A contrasting life shaped by revolution and upheaval.
In Philadelphia, the most practical man of the Revolution reflects on what independence actually required — and what it didn't.
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