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    BBC History Magazine

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    Sep 02, 2021 2 minutes
    WORDS BY ELLIE CAWTHORNE AND MATT ELTON

    EUROPE

    Children of the Night: The Strange and Epic Story of Modern Romania by Paul Kenyon

    (Head of Zeus, 496 pages, £25)

    A scarred century

    From absolute monarchy to fascist ally of Hitler and then communist dictatorship, 20th-century Romania oscillated between regimes in quick succession, each leaving deep scars. Paul Kenyon’s book delves into this history, bringing to life

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