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About 36 minutes
Modern Nations
8,132 recorded words. Selected by the catalog's stored reading-time estimate.
View Gutenberg source #31049About 39 minutes
Modern Nations
8,931 recorded words. Selected by the catalog's stored reading-time estimate.
View Gutenberg source #73715About 42 minutes
World Events
9,442 recorded words. Selected by the catalog's stored reading-time estimate.
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Catalog snapshot checked: 2026-09-25. Coverage: 91 public books, 91 available source excerpts.
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This catalogue gathers 91 public-domain books that concentrate on modern history, with a particular emphasis on conflict, political change, and social transformation from the 19th and early 20th centuries. The collection is organized into four overlapping categories: Revolutions, Modern Nations, Social History, and World Events, which serve as navigational aids rather than strict classifications. Readers can explore firsthand accounts of World War I, detailed narratives of the American Civil War, analyses of the French Revolution, and records of the Nuremberg trials. Each book page includes editorial notes, bibliographic details, and direct links to Project Gutenberg editions.
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