Freedom at Midnight by Dominique Lapierre, Larry Collins

Freedom at Midnight

Dominique Lapierre, Larry Collins

629 pages first pub 1975 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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The end of an empire. The birth of two nations.Seventy years ago, at midnight on August 14, 1947, the Union Jack began its final journey down the flagstaff of Viceroy’s House, New Delhi. A fifth of humanity claimed their independence from the grea...

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informative 80%
challenging 60%
reflective 40%
dark 20%
inspiring 20%

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medium 20%

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