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Jake’s favorite books

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The Death of Kings by Conn Iggulden

The Gates of Rome by Conn Iggulden

Any Human Heart by William Boyd

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Ravenspur: Rise of the Tudors (The Wars of the Roses, #4)

by Conn Iggulden

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