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Book Title: Stories of the East from Herodotus
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Alfred J. Church
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Ancient / Rome, Ancient / Greece
Publisher: Blurb
Publication Year: 2017
Genre: History
Item Weight: 8 Oz
