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Miss Austen

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by Gill Hornby (Goodreads Author)

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The 19th Wife

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by David Ebershoff (Goodreads Author)

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How the Irish Sav...

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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe

by Thomas Cahill

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