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The History of the Siege of Lisbon

Book ID
126773936
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
1 MB
Category
Standards
ISBN
0156006243

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✦ Synopsis

In this “ingenious” novel (New York Times) by “one of Europe’s most original and remarkable writers” (Los Angeles Times), a proofreader’s deliberate slip opens the door to romance-and confounds the facts of Portugal’s past.

✦ Subjects

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