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I'm looking for book recommendations on the following people:

John III Sobieski, King of Poland
Fredrick the Great
Louis XIV of France, the Sun King
Charlemagne
Prince Eugene of Savoy

The more academic, the better. Thank you.

Also AMA about any book in my picture, I've read them all.

>> No.15379895
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15379895

>a Steven Pinker book on the top shelf

>> No.15379901

Take the stickers off you sick fuck

>> No.15380117

>>15379895
Got it for Christmas. Have to say I enjoyed it.

>>15379901
I actually did, this is an old photo from when I first moved in.

>> No.15380123

pick a better spot for the bookshelf you stupid fuck

>> No.15380128

>>15380123
I actually did, this is an old photo from before I moved the bookshelf.

>> No.15380135

Take that cringey horn off the top shelf

>> No.15380138

>>15379881
just go to the nearest university library

>> No.15380145

>>15380135
I actually did, this is an old photo from before I sold the horn.

>> No.15380153

>>15380138
I actually did, this bookshelf existed before I sold it and all the books on it.

>> No.15380161

>>15380153
i mean to find books on the topics you are asking about, dipshit

>> No.15380423

>>15379881
For the Sun King the Duc de St. Simon's Memoirs- written while holed up in Versailles and one of the loveliest works in French

>> No.15380426

>>15379881
Nancy Mitford's short bios on Louis and Frederick are excellent

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>>15379881
Read many of the same; only comment's
Based Longford reader
I suggested the Mitford stuff btw

>> No.15381050

>>15380161
meme reply, dipshit.

>> No.15381061

>>15379881
Just stop reading books, anon.

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>>15379881
>Pinker
Ass. Everything else is nice. Might like the Poison King

>> No.15381302

>>15379881
awesome collection of roman history, you've given me some ideas on what to get next.

definitely copping that augustus book by adrian goldsworthy.