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On the night of 24 April 1974, at five minutes to eleven, a Lisbon radio station broadcasts Portugal�_Ts Eurovision entry. By 6.20 p.m. the next day, Europe�_Ts oldest fascist regime has fallen. Hardly a shot has been fired. As citizens pour into the streets, they offer carnations to the revolutionary soldiers. For the first time in forty-eight years, Portugal is free. The Carnation Revolution winds through the streets of Lisbon as the revolution unfolds, revealing the myriad acts of ordinary and extraordinary resistance that made 25 April possible. It�_Ts the story of daring escapes from five-storey prisons, soldiers disobeying their officers�_T orders and simple acts of courage by thousands of citizens. It�_Ts the story of how a group of young captains felled a globe-spanning empire.Binding: Hardback