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Hitler: Born at Versailles by Leon Degrelle

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5.0

Very well written book about First World War, what where causes and reasons that kept it on going for so long.
Historia Bez Cenzury by Wojciech Drewniak

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4.0

Very important history of Polish Kings, and with last chapter about Józef Piłsudski, with extraordinary and accurate facts about each of them.
Books like this, about Polish history are particular good as In college its somehow very hart to adopt this knowledge when you are attracted to history of who has become dominant patriarchal . Like Poland often is a Regional strength, and young me, has looked for cultures that run this civilization.

The only thing that gave me slight distaste is format of writing with simple conclusions that are there to attract inexperienced readers, however its quality of facts is above this form.
Millennium: The End Of The World And The Forging Of Christendom by Tom Holland

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5.0

Book that teaches well of, known world of first millennium. Starting with fall of Rome and rise of Francia, that has been from Germanic Tribes.Then Saxonic Reich. Along with predictions about doom times written by monks, in books with such value that you could get war horse for one book on black market.

There is also writing about Poland and her help towards Christianity. That has been under archbishopric of Magdeburg with all known Slavs. When, in west of Europe, ruler, before battle prays, just so he does convince his army to follow and obey.

England has not been part of Kingdom of the Franks or First Reich, however has been very rich land.

Nordic became power of its own as Scandinavian maps captured American Northern-East, Greenland, island, England and Ireland as well as Russian land as Sweden.

And last but not least, Arabic civilization that by many has been recognized as one of two existing civilizations.

Compendium about that medieval, middle earth times.