Simón Bolívar
1830 - Santa Marta
With the sea air of Santa Marta failing to do what battle and revolution could not, the liberator of five nations confronts the continent he freed and the chaos it became.
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With the sea air of Santa Marta failing to do what battle and revolution could not, the liberator of five nations confronts the continent he freed and the chaos it became.
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1830 - Santa Marta
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Exiled to a rock in the Atlantic, a fallen emperor dictates the version of events his enemies will never be able to answer.
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1799 - Mount Vernon
state-power
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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
Reputation, contradiction, debt, and the politics of being made quotable.
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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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1819 - Heathfield Hall, Handsworth
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
With his hands no longer steady enough for a compass, the engineer whose steam engine powered the Industrial Revolution sets down what the machines concealed.
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1831 - Breslau
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In Breslau, with sickness in the stairwell, the theorist of war reflects on the distance between what battle teaches and what nations choose to learn.
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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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1820 - Longwood House, Saint Helena
Exile, legacy control, and command surviving defeat.
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
Exiled to a rock in the Atlantic, a fallen emperor dictates the version of events his enemies will never be able to answer.
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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
Reputation, contradiction, debt, and the politics of being made quotable.
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
At Monticello, an architect of liberty confronts the contradictions he built into the foundations of a nation.
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1819 - Heathfield Hall, Handsworth
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
With his hands no longer steady enough for a compass, the engineer whose steam engine powered the Industrial Revolution sets down what the machines concealed.
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