The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816-1861) was Italy's wealthiest, most defiant realm - until Garibaldi crushed it in one of history's most dramatic conquests. Discover why this Mediterranean powerhouse resisted unification, and how its fall changed Europe forever.
🔍 Secrets Revealed:
✔ How Napoleon's brother-in-law Murat first ruled the kingdom
✔ Why the Bourbon kings were hated but their kingdom was rich
✔ Garibaldi's Thousand - how 1,000 red-shirts conquered a nation
✔ The brutal post-unification suppression of Southern Italy
✔ Why some Italians still want the kingdom back today
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