John Briggs

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John Briggs

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John’s favorite books

The Night Manager by John le Carré

The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré

Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro

The Path to Power by Robert A. Caro

The Story of Art by E.H. Gombrich

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Falling Towards England by Clive James

Beloved by Toni Morrison

The Classics by Mary Beard

The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee

John Adams by David McCullough

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Revolutionary Spring: Fighting for a New World 1848-1849

by Christopher Clark

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Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947

by Christopher Clark

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Art, Biography, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, and Thriller

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