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A Train of Powder

A Train of Powder

A Train of Powder

Rebecca West

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Año de edición:
2000
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9781566633192
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Written between 1946 and 1954, these accounts of four controversial trials explore the nature of crime and punishment, innocence and guilt, retribution and forgiveness. 'Astonishing.'-Francine Prose.

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