LucyWorsley延续了她在BBC四台大受欢迎的历史节目，继“英国历史上的弥天大谎”之后，在2019年推出三集“美国历史上的弥天大谎”，解构美国历史上的三个神话美国革命、内战和冷战。Historyisoftenpresentedasasetoffactsanddates,ofvictoriesanddefeats,ofmonarchsandpresidents,allconsignedtoanunchangingpast.Butit’snotlikethatatall.Historyistheknittingtogetherofrivalinterpretations,deliberatemanipulationsofthetruth,and,sometimes,alternativefacts.Historyisneverfixed;it’saculturalandpoliticalbattleground.Andnationalmythologiesareusuallyacombinationofconflictingversions,fullofdistortions,legends,mythsandlies.