So basically I really like history seen from the point of view of the people who lived through it and was wondering if anyone could suggest me any books about periods of history shown through writings of the people living in that era.
For example stuff like letters from soldiers during wars or peoples personal journals. Even books of news articles and accounts sort of like Gangs of New York by Herbert Ashbury would be great.
I remember seeing documentaries years ago about the American civil war where they read out correspondence from different people across the US at the time as the war progressed, so something similar to that would be ideal but doesn't necessarily have to be about wars it could be about anything at all!
by mcwhan
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Lincoln in the Bardo has some of this although if I remember correctly some are fabricated (but most are real).
The Persian Letters by Montesquieu