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A much better narrative of past events might have been written, even by myself; but I have preferred keeping my Journal as originally written, when events were fresh, and men's minds were biassed by the reports of the day, and even hour.
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- PublisherForgotten Books
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1331903254
- ISBN 13 9781331903253
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages488
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