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Zeitgeist of the past books

Discover the zeitgeist of past periods by reading books describing the way of life and attitudes people had in the past. From fiction, microhistory or biography every of these books captures the spirit of its time and place.

  • A History of Private Life, Volume I: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium

    Philippe Ariès and Georges Duby
     Amazon  Biblio.com
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  • Daily Life in the Medieval Islamic World

    James E. Lindsay
     Amazon
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  • Living in the Tenth Century: Mentalities and Social Orders

    Heinrich Fichtenau
     Amazon
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  • Memoirs of Hadrian

    Marguerite Yourcenar
     Amazon  Bookshop.org
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  • On Heroes and Tombs

    Ernesto Sabato
     Amazon
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  • The Cheese and the Worms

    Carlo Ginzburg
     Amazon  Bookshop.org
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  • The Leopard

    Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
     Amazon  Bookshop.org
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  • The War of the End of the World

    Mario Vargas Llosa
     Amazon  Bookshop.org
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  • The World of Yesterday

    Stefan Zweig
     Amazon  Bookshop.org
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