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World History

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1. Freedom at Midnight. Published in the 70s I think.

Tue Jul 19, 2022, 02:51 PM

Jul 2022

It is excellent.

The same guys wrote Is Paris Burning? about the liberation of Paris in WW2.
Both big best sellers in their day.

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