Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Tony Lentin

Professor of History at the Open University

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Members of the Prussian Academy of SciencesLeaders who took power by coupGerman art collectors, Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland), People of the War of the Bavarian Succession, 18th-century art collectorsHistory

  1. Catherine the Great

    Melvyn Bragg discusses Catherine the Great who set out to transform Russia from a semi-barbaric country into a model of the ideals of the 18th century French Enlightenment.

    23 February 2006

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    Also featuring: Janet Hartley, Simon Dixon

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    HistoryMembers of the Prussian Academy of SciencesLeaders who took power by coupGerman art collectors, Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland), People of the War of the Bavarian Succession, 18th-century art collectors