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Reading the Great War: July & August 2014

The Great War: Project Introduction by Barbara Tuchman, Ford Maddox Ford, Jacqueline Winspear, Margaret MacMillan, Philip Rock, Vera Brittain Project page located here Non-fiction & Memoir: The...

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June 28, 1914

100 years ago today: On Sunday, 28 June 1914, at approximately 10:45 am, Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed in Sarajevo, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia and Herzegovina,...

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August 1914: Map

Europe was a heap of swords piled as delicately as jackstraws; one could not be pulled out without moving the others. (The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman) The post August 1914: Map appeared first...

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One of Ours by Willa Cather (The Nebraska sections)

One of Ours (the Nebraska section) by Willa Cather on 1923 Genres: Classics - Twentieth Century Pages: 371 Source: Purchased: ebook Goodreads Willa Cather's 1923 Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative of the...

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The Passing Bells by Phillip Rock

The Passing Bells by Phillip Rock Published by William Morrow on 1978 Genres: Historical Pages: 516 Source: Purchased: ebook Goodreads "The guns of August are rumbling throughout Europe in the summer...

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Somewhere in France by Jennifer Robson

Somewhere In France by Jennifer Robson Published by William Morrow on December 13, 2013 Genres: Historical Pages: 400 Source: Purchased: ebook Goodreads Lady Elizabeth Neville-Ashford wants to travel...

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Doctor Zhivago (Book 2) by Boris Pasternak

Doctor Zhivago (Book 2) by Boris Pasternak Genres: Classics - Twentieth Century Source: Purchased: ebook It has taken a few weeks to come back to finish the Doctor Zhivago discussion. I’d like to begin...

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Wordless Wednesday: Great War edition

Images: The Great War by Images: the Great War Crowds in the streets of Sarajevo, 6/29/1914. The post Wordless Wednesday: Great War edition appeared first on The Bluestocking Literary Society.

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The Last Summer by Judith Kinghorn

The Last Summer by Judith Kinghorn Published by Penguin USA on December 31, 2012 Genres: Historical Pages: 433 Source: Purchased: ebook Goodreads Clarissa is almost seventeen when the spell of her...

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