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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Language: en
Pages: 416
Pages: 416
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991-05-17 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Language: en
Pages: 262
Pages: 262
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-09-17 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
"The old master has us again in the palm of his hand."—Los Angeles Times (a Best Book of 1999) Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace b
Language: en
Pages: 344
Pages: 344
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
"The finest writer of sea-stories in the English language."--J. de Courcy Ireland
Language: en
Pages: 334
Pages: 334
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-12-05 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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