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1016 & 1066

Why The Vikings Caused the Normqan Conquest.

Author: Martyn Whittock, Hannah Whittock

Publisher: The Crowood Press

Paperback. 160pp. 15.5cm by 23.3cm.

ISBN: 9780719819193

Weight: 258g

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1066: The Lost Hastings Battlefield

As far as is known, no-one has ever considered the Blackhorse Hill site before and it is hoped that this will inspire researchers to expand upon these findings.

Author: David John Barnby

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399049054

Weight: 673g

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Alexander the Great, a Battle for Truth and Fiction

The Ancient Sources And Why They Can't Be Trusted

Author: David Grant

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 319pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399094719

Weight: 674g

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All Things Georgian

Tales from the Long Eighteenth Century

Take a romp through the long eighteenth-century in this collection of 25 short tales. Marvel at the Queen’s Ass, gaze at the celestial heavens through the eyes of the past and be amazed by the equestrian feats of the Norwich Nymph. Journey to the debauched French court at Versailles, travel to Covent Garden and take your seat in a box at the theatre and, afterwards, join the mile-high club in a new-fangled hot air balloon.

Author: Joanne Major, Sarah Murden.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 170pp. 17.3x24.5x1.2cm.

ISBN: 9781526757852

Weight: 550g.

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Ancient Dynasties

The Families that Ruled the Classical World, circa 1000 BC to AD 750

Author: John D Grainger

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 376pp. 16.5cm by 24.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526746757

Weight: 930g

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Asia Minor, Syria and Armenia - Roman Conquests.

This volume draws on Dr Evans' expertise in studying topography in relation to ancient events and specifically his original research into the battlefield of Magnesia.

Author: Dr Richard Evans

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 176pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399085212

Weight: 312g

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Bloody Mary: Tudor Terror, 1553-1558

Author: Phil Carradice

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 128pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526728654

Weight: 220g

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Bosworth

A vivid impression of the battle emerges from his narrative which is closely linked to the landscape that was fought over on that fateful day.

Author: Richard Mackinder

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 232pp. 18cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781399010528

Weight: 780g

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Calais: A History of England's First Colony

In August 1347 six bare footed men knelt before King Edward III with nooses around their necks to beg for their lives and present him with the keys to Calais. This was the dramatic beginning of Calais becoming England's first colony and an integral part of the kingdom for over two hundred years.

Author: Julian Whitehead

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 227pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399010719

Weight: 551g

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Clan Fabius, Defenders of Rome.

The history of the Fabii Maximii is in many ways that of the Roman Republic. In the legends and historical scraps that survived the Republic, the members of the Fabius clan were, more often than not, the hammers that forged the empire.

Author: Jeremiah McCall.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 202pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781473885615

Weight. 508g.

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Crime and Punishment in Tudor England

Author: April Taylor

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399071666

Weight: 470g

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Crusader Castle: The Desert Fortress of Kerak

Author: Michael S Fulton

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 272pp. 15cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399091268

Weight: 610g

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De Montfort - Crusaders and Revolutionaries of the Thirteenth Century

Author: Darren Baker

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 272pp. 15.9cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526745491

Weight: 600g

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Edward I and Wales, 1254-1307

The late 13th century witnessed the conquest of Wales after two hundred years of conflict between Welsh princes and the English crown.

Author: David Pilling

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526776419

Weight: 587g

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Elizabethan Conquest of Ireland, The

Bryskett's Cottage

Author: James Charles Roy

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 648pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526770721

Weight: 1.3kg

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Emulating Alexander

How Alexander the Great's Legacy Fuelled Rome's Wars with Persia.

Author: Glenn Barnett

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 214pp. 16.5cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526703002

Weight: 515g

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Entertaining the Braganzas

When Queen Maria of Portugal visited William Stephens in 1788.

Author: Jenifer Roberts

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 232pp. cm by cm.

ISBN: 9781526715210

Weight: 624g

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Epicurus and His Influence on History

For hundreds of years Epicureanism was one of the dominant schools of philosophy. But by the 6th century it had all but disappeared. Discovering how and why Epicureanism was driven from philosophy and public discourse reveals much about how Western thought developed.

Author: Ben Gazur

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 216pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399073523

Weight: 555g

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Expedition to Disaster: The Athenian Mission to Sicily 415 BC

Athens was locked in a decades-long struggle with Sparta for mastery of the Greek world. The expedition to Sicily was intended to give Athens the extra money and resources to crush the Spartans.

Author: Philip Matyszak

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 167pp. 15.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399024846

Weight: 322g

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Following in the Footsteps of Oliver Cromwell.

Oliver Cromwell is one of the most important figures in British History. He was both soldier and politician and the only non-Royal ruler of Britain in a thousand years. His actions and ideas still have political and social consequences today, and his legacy still divides people.

Author: James Hobson

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 151pp. 15.5cm by 23cm.

ISBN 9781526734839

Weight. 0.295kg

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Forgotten Tudor Royal, The

Margaret Douglas, Grandmother to King James VI & I.

Author: Beverley Adams

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 15.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399085908

Weight: 437g

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Greek Mythology

Gods and Heroes Brought to Life

Author: Robert Garland

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 232pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781526776549

Weight: 520g

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God's Viking: Harald Hardrada

The Varangian Guard of the Byzantine Emprerors Ad998 to 1204

Author: Nic Fields

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 336pp. 16.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781473823426

Weight: 790g

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Henry V

A History of His Most Important Places and Events

Author: Deborah Fisher

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 16.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399070461

Weight: 507g

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Henry VIII

A History of his Most Important Places and Events

Author: Andrew Beattie

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 236pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399007788

Weight: 726g

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Henry VIII and Charles V

Rival Monarchs, Uneasy Allies

Author: Richard Heath

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 240pp. 16.5cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781399084574

Weight: 560g

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Henry VIII's Children

Legitimate and Illegitimate Sons and Daughters of the Tudor King

Author: Caroline Angus

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399095860

Weight: 450g

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Jane Seymour: An Illustrated Life

Who was Jane Seymour? Throughout this illustrated book we will find a woman who was neither saint or sinner, but a human being with her own beliefs and causes.

Author: Carol-Ann Johnston

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 181pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399071611

Weight: 622g

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Julius Caesar's Disease: A New Diagnosis

Author: Francesco Maria Galassi, Hutan Ashrafian

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 192pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781473870789

Weight: 500g

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King Arthur Mysteries, The

Arthur's Britain and Early Medieval World.

Author: Timothy Venning

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 312pp. 16.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526783905

Weight: 608g

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King John, Henry III and England's Lost Civil War

This is the story of how the varying actions of two very different kings both threatened and created the English way of life, and ultimately put England on the path to its Lost Civil War.

Author: John Paul Davis

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 240pp. 16.5cm by 24.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526750075

Weight: 650g

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Kingmaker's Women, The

Anne Beauchamp and Her Daughters, Isabel and Anne Neville.

Author: Julia A Hickey

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 248pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399064859

Weight: 513g

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Mary Queen of Scots' Secretary

William Maitland - Politician, Reformer and Conspirator.

Author: Robert Stedall

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 296pp. 16.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526787798

Weight: 655g

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Matchlocks to Flintlocks

Warfare in Europe and Beyond, 1500-1700.

Author: William Urban

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 304pp. 16.5cm by 24.1cm.

ISBN: 9781399020626

Weight: 442g

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Matilda II: The Forgotten Queen

This book provides a much-needed re-evaluation of Edith/Matilda's role and place in the history of the Queens of England.

Author: Joanna Arman

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 248pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526794222

Weight: 590g

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Miss Ambler's Household Book of Georgian Cures and Remedies

These intriguing remedies include Sir Walter Raleigh’s Receipt against Plague, Viper Broth and Snail Milk Water.

Author: Marilyn Yurdan, Nicola Lillie

Publisher: History Press

Paperback. 150pp. 13cm by 20cm.

ISBN: 9781803993577

Weight: 168g

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Queen Elizabeth I

Life and Legacy of the Virgin Queen.

Author: Paul Kendall

Publisher: Frontline Books

Hardback. 216pp. 16.5cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399018357

Weight: 780g

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Plantagenet Princes

Sons of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II.

Author: Douglas Boyd

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 15.5cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526743060

Weight: 570g

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Rebellion Against Henry VIII

By focussing on the rebellions against Henry VIII, we cast new eyes on his character and gain a fascinating insight into the lives of Tudor men and women during the turbulent thirty-nine years of his reign.

Author: Phil Carradice

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 16cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399071765

Weight: 480g

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Rebellion in the Reign of Charles II

Gripping narrative of the plots against Charles II.

Author: Juliam Whitehead

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 277pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781473896789

Weight: 603g

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Rivalries that Destroyed the Roman Republic

This is the story of how some Roman aristocrats grew so competitive in their political rivalries that they destroyed their Republic, in the late second to mid-first century BCE.

Author: Jeremiah McCall

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 272pp. 16.5cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526733177

Weight: 590g

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Robert the Bruce

It covers his life from childhood to death, looking at the political, social and military life of Scotland before, during and after the time of Robert the Bruce.

Author: Phil Carradice

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 232pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399002608

Weight: 460g

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Roman Emperors

A concise chronological guide to the emperors who ruled the Roman Empire.

Author: Mario Bartolini

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 208pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781399063661

Weight: 646g

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Roman Emperors of Britain, The

Author: Tony Sullivan

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 15.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399064415

Weight: 660g

Original Price: £22.00

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Roman Gladius and the Ancient Fighting Techniques, The

Volume 1 - Monarchy and Consular Age.

Author: Fabrizio Casprini

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 304pp. 18cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781526778338

Weight: 1.22kg

Original Price: £35.00

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Roman Legends Brought to Life

The legends survived because they reminded the Romans who they were, what modest beginnings they came from, how on many occasions their city nearly imploded, and what type of men and women shaped their story.

Author: Robert Garland

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 232pp. 15.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399098526

Weight: 673g

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Roman York, A Historical Guide to

This book gives context to what happened here in the light of developments in Roman Britain generally and in the wider Roman Empire.

Author: Paul Chrystal

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 216pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526781284

Weight: 718g

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Royal Bastards of Twelfth Century England, The

Author: James Turner

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 16cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399067348

Weight: 480g

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Royal Mysteries of the Stuart and Georgian Periods

Author: Timothy Venning

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399054249

Weight: 560g

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Royal Mysteries of the Tudor Period

Author: Timothy Venning

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 16cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781399054294

Weight: 600g

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Royal Mysteries: The Medieval Period

Here are some of the most haunting and even horrific episodes from the middle ages, based on latest historical research and historiography, and authentic and rare sources, including archaeology and DNA evidence, uncovering wonderful tales of pathos, tragedy, suffering and romance.

Author: Timonthy Venning

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 16cm b23.5y cm.

ISBN: 9781526780515

Weight: 571g

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Sejanus - Regent of Rome.

The first full-length study in English to focus on this highly influential figure.

Author: John S. McHugh

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 312pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781526714978

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Sex and Sexuality in Medieval England

This book allows the reader a peek beneath the bedsheets of our medieval ancestors, in an informative and fascinating look at sex and sexuality in England from 1250 to 1450.

Author: Kathryn Warner

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 208pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399098328

Weight: 480g

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Sextus Julius Frontinus and the Roman Empire

Author of Stratagems, Advisor to Emperors, Governor of Britain, Pacifier of Wales.

Author: John D Grainger

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 320pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399051224

Weight: 600g

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Spartan Supremacy 412-371 BC, The

For two centuries Sparta's warriors were acknowledged as second to none. Yet at only one period in its long history did the home of these grim warriors seem set to entrench itself as the dominant power in the Greek world.

Author: Mike Roberts, Bob Bennett

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 320pp. 16cm by 23.4cm.

ISBN: 9781399077132

Weight: 450g

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Rise of the Tang Dynasty

The Reunification of China and the Military Response to the Steppe Nomads (AD581-626)

Author: Julian Romane

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 217pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781473887770

Weight: 560g

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Roman King Arthur?, The - Lucius Artorius Castus

Anyone interested in the Roman period, post-Roman Britain and the possibilities for a historical Arthur should enjoy this book.

Author: Tony Sullivan

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 208pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399084024

Weight: 723g

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Roman Legion VI Victrix, The History of

Brought over from Germany in 122 to assist in the building of Hadrian's Wall the Sixth Legion remained in Britain until the end of Roman rule.

Author: Tony Sullivan

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399088572

Weight: 710g

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Themistocles - The Powerbroker of Athens

Author: Jeffrey Smith

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 312pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399014595

Weight: 449g

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The Pirate who Stole Scotland

William Dampier and the Creation of the United Kingdom

Author: Leon Hopkins

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 248pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399093644

Weight: 500g

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The Viking Saint, Olaf II of Norway

The Vikings and sainthood are not concepts normally found side by side. But Norway’s King Olaf II Haraldsson (c. 995-1030) embodied both to an extraordinary degree.

Author: John Carr.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 192pp. 16x24x2cm.

ISBN: 9781399087810

Weight: 500g.

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Tudor Empire, The

Throughout the sixteenth century, the Tudors added more and more territories to their portfolio, but this growth came at a bloody cost.

Author: David Wildman

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 272pp. 16.5cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781399089227

Weight: 520g

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Who's Who in the Age of Alexander and his Successors

From Chaironeia to Ipsos (338-301 BC)

The only work of its kind, this is an essential guide to a fascinating and pivotal historical era, and to one of history's most successful military commanders.

Author: Waldemar Heckel

Publisher: Greenhill Books

Hardback. 576pp. 17cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781784386481

Weight: 1.07kg

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Wives of George IV,The

In Georgian England, few men were more fashionable or more eligible than George, Prince of Wales. Wild, glamorous, and with a penchant for beautiful women, the heir to George III’s throne was a very good catch – or so it seemed.

Author: Catherine Curzon

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 201pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781473897496

Weight. 0.545 kg

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