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The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography by Graham Robb

The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography

Graham Robb

496 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0sinceremercy's review
nonfiction history travel informative slow-paced
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by C.L.R. James

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

C.L.R. James

448 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

5.0sinceremercy's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging dark informative medium-paced
Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer

Paul Revere's Ride

David Hackett Fischer

464 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0sinceremercy's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

754 pages • first pub 1862 (editions)

5.0sinceremercy's review
fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend by Nancy Thomson de Grummond

Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend

Nancy Thomson de Grummond

270 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0sinceremercy's review
nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Plebeian Experience: A Discontinuous History of Political Freedom by Martin Breaugh

The Plebeian Experience: A Discontinuous History of Political Freedom

Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History

Martin Breaugh

344 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0sinceremercy's review
nonfiction history philosophy politics
Beowulf: A New Translation by Anonymous

Beowulf: A New Translation

Anonymous

140 pages • first pub 900 (editions)

5.0sinceremercy's review
fiction classics fantasy poetry adventurous medium-paced
The Revolution That Failed: Reconstruction in Natchitoches by Adam Fairclough

The Revolution That Failed: Reconstruction in Natchitoches

Adam Fairclough

420 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0sinceremercy's review
nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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