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OOVBA Modern History Library is an independent catalogue of source-attributed public-domain editions focused on Modern History. Each record connects readers with edition facts, historical context and the original source record.

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This collection of 99 volumes spans revolutions, nation-building, and social upheaval from the 17th to 19th centuries. Key subjects include the court of Louis XIV, the Jacobite Rebellion, the Mayflower, and the expansion of the American West. Works by Thomas Carlyle, the duc de Saint-Simon, Theodore Roosevelt, and Francis Parkman offer firsthand and scholarly perspectives.

Notable titles include Carlyle's History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Saint-Simon's memoirs of Versailles, and Roosevelt's The Book of the American Indian. The collection also features translations by Charles P. Otis and accounts by Samuel de Champlain, providing depth on France, Prussia, and early America.

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