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The Modern Library Essential World History: 4-Book Bundle: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Abridged ; Montcalm and Wolfe; History of the Conquest of Mexico; The Naval War of 1812)

Name: The Modern Library Essential World History: 4-Book Bundle: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Abridged ; Montcalm and Wolfe; History of the Conquest of Mexico; The Naval War of 1812)
Author: Gibbon
ISBN: 9780307419767

Gibbon, Edward; Parkman, Francis; Prescott, William H; Roosevelt, Theodore

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historical fiction military history past tense third limited POV ~5,291 pp

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solemn grim melancholic

A slow-burn and dark historical fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.