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Book Title: Cecils : Privilege and Power Behind the Throne
Item Length: 7.8in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 5.1in
Author: David Loades
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Europe / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603), Europe / Great Britain / General, Political, Historical
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication Year: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 11.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 312 Pages
