Bare Knuckles & Saratoga Racing: The Remarkable Life of John Morrissey, Hardcover - Brien Bouyea

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Charts the rise of Ali Pasha from Albanian brigand leader to a player in world affairs.

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The remarkable life of William Marshal, the forgotten power behind five English thrones, by internationally renowned expert on the history of the C...

Reducere. The saga of John Kennedy Toole is one of the greatest stories of American literary history. After writing A Confederacy of Dunces, Toole correspond...

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