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• Author: Elizabeth Speller
• Published Date: 07 Apr 2011
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Language: English
• Format: Paperback::448 pages, ePub
• ISBN10: 1844086097
• ISBN13: 9781844086092
• Filename: the-return-of-captain-john-emmett.pdf
• Dimension: 168x 202x 30mm::358g

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