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Eyewitness to History

Spanning from ancient Greece to the end of the Marcos regime in the Philippines, this collection of eyewitness accounts of significant historical events is culled from hundreds of memoirs, letters, travel books, and newspapers.

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 706 pages

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