24 - The Liberal Conservative

An episode of the Talking History: The Italian Unification podcast, hosted by Benjamin & Adam Ashwell, titled "24 - The Liberal Conservative" was published on May 12, 2014 and runs 35 minutes.

May 12, 2014 ·35m · Talking History: The Italian Unification

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Episode Description

The final character we have to introduce is Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, usually just called Cavour. He was the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Piedmont Sardinia from 1852 to 1861, when he became the first Prime Minister of a united Italy, though he would only hold that position for a mere two and a half months before his untimely death. Cavour was the man pulling the strings behind the eventual Italian unification - he made the secret deals with France and cooked up the excuses that led to war with Austria. His particular brand of liberal conservatism would dominate the early Italian state.