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Lucy Moore

Birth date: January 01, 1970

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More like 4.5 stars.Women's roles in revolution has interested me ever since I studied Modern European history at uni so I was very excited when I found this book. I was even more excited when I discovered it covered some territory I wasn't all that familiar with.This accessible bio covers the live...

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Kim Reads and Bakes rated it

12 years ago

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I have Hilary Mantel to thank for my fascination with the French Revolution. Before I read [b:A Place of Greater Safety|101921|A Place of Greater Safety|Hilary Mantel|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1363435037s/101921.jpg|1168385], I had only the sketchiest knowledge of this period in French history. I...

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Chew & Digest Books rated it

14 years ago

text Anything Goes: A Biography of the Roaring Twenties

Loved how this was broken down with chapters on Lindbergh, Dempsey, etc. It also brought home how the "Roaring Twenties" weren't roaring for a majority of the population, 71% of the population were living at the poverty line or lower.

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