Eyewitness to HistoryJohn Carey Civilization's most momentous events come vibrantly alive in this magnificent collection of over three hundred eyewitness accounts spanning twenty-four turbulent centuries--remarkable recollections of battles, atrocities, disasters, coronations, assassinations, and discoveries that shaped the course of history, all related in vivid detail by ovservers on the scene. |
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The Death of Socrates 399 BC | 7 |
The Deification of the Emperor Septimius | 21 |
Massacres Prisoners after Taking | 35 |
Copyright | |
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