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Our Island Story

Our Island Story

Our Island Story

H. E. Marshall / HEMarshall

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Editorial:
Wilder Publications
Año de edición:
2018
Materia
Ficción clásica
ISBN:
9781515435327
Páginas:
112
Encuadernación:
Bolsillo
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Our Island Story is the 'history' of England up to Queen Victoria’s Death. Marshall used these stories to tell her children about their homeland, Great Britain. To add to the excitement, she mixed in a bit of myth as well as a few legends.

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