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1776

McCullough, David
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historical fiction military history past tense third limited POV ~471 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

gritty desperate heroic

A historical fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 60
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 15%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count117,833
Page count~471 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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