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The Alps - Did the English invent skiing?
Misha Glenny on the early alpine visitors who were either very ill, or very rich.
The Alps - and why Switzerland exists
Natural borders vs mountain borders
The Alps - an icy row of teeth
How the Alps divide Europe in two
Le petit Napoleon
The Invention of France #3
The Terror, the Terror
The Invention of France #2
Joan of Arc and England's role in defining France
The Invention of France #1
The Invention of Brazil #3
Getulio Vargas, inventor of Brazil?
The Invention of Brazil #2
Independence or death!
The Invention of Brazil #1
I came by boat
The Invention of Spain #3
A sense of disaster
