
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
"Civil War secrets are sometimes startling, occasionally downright bizarre but mostly underwhelming"
Synopsis
Michael Portillo returns with an authored documentary, that uses British state papers to shed fresh light on key events and personalities during the Civil War period in Ireland.
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