Tag: Historical Nonfiction
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“It’s much safer to be feared than loved” (p.66). – Niccolo Machiavelli Synopsis and Recommendation Written by Niccolo Machiavelli and published in 1432, The Prince is a political treatise that is considered one of the most famous, if not the most famous, book on politics ever written. Even if one has not heard of the…
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“But in the last resort, every shadow is also the child of light, and only those who have known the light and the dark, have seen war and peace, rise and fall, have truly lived their lives” – Stefan Zweig Synopsis and Recommendation Written by Stefan Zweig, “The World of Yesterday” is a memoir, not…