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A Georgian House on the Brink

A Georgian House on the Brink

A Georgian House on the Brink

Diane Calton Smith

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New Generation Publishing Ltd
Año de edición:
2015
Materia
Historia general y mundial
ISBN:
9781785072628
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Peckover House was built at a very good time...In rediscovering Georgian Peckover and the bustling, prosperous town of eighteenth century Wisbech, old maps, books and letters have played their part. The town that is revealed brings a great many surprises, as well as feeling comfortably familiar.Wisbech, with its role in a fast developing Britain, has told many of its secrets. Not all though; there will always be mysteries, making it all the more fascinating.

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