Mozambique's Eduardo Mondlane: From professor to freedom fighter
The History Hour
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The Luggish Handshake
The late nineteenth century is the time when paris was centre of cultural world. Author marcel post spent weeks on end in his cork lined bedroom suffering from chronic asthma. He had asthmatic bouts since he was about ten but also made a whole career out of his illness. The book has a kind of garrulous charm, it's like reading dickens in his funniest moments. One doesn't always see th its pickly, since the sentence are so long. But if you can slip back a little bit, it's Like reading Dickens in his funnyest moments.
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