A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East 📖

A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East

Fromkin, David
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historical fiction military history past tense third limited POV ~974 pp

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analytical grim complex

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

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 45
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 15
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 30
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count243,575
Page count~974 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited