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The Philobiblon Society

The Philobiblon Society

William Hartley

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Editorial:
New Generation Publishing Ltd
Año de edición:
2023
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781835630280
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A Yorkshire mill town in the closing years of the nineteenth century. A place of poverty and pollution, where political tensions are rising against the backdrop of the Boer War. A local landowner has died in mysterious circumstances. Who stands to gain? His brother perhaps, keen to sell land to a railway company seeking a foothold in the town. Detective Sergeant Rino Rossi of the borough CID needs to tread carefully in order to discover whathas happened.

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