The appetite of tyranny vs The dark forest: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The appetite of tyranny The appetite of tyranny Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1915 46 pages · ≈ 51 min · Demanding

The mere facts of the story are about the present European conflagration, includes other short works and essays.

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Cover of The dark forest The dark forest Hugh Walpole · 1916 ★★★★☆ 3.5 324 pages · ≈ 6 h 00 m · Challenging

John Durward and John Trenchard are two Englishmen who join a company of Russian doctors, nurses, and orderlies working on the Russian side of the Eastern Front at the height of World War I. Durward, the primary…

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The appetite of tyrannyThe dark forest
Goodreads — 3.5 (289)
Hardcover — 4.0 (1)

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The appetite of tyrannyThe dark forest
Ratings — 289
Editions 57 52
Citations — 6
Film adaptations — 1
Pages 46 324

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