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London in Chains
- Narrated by: Patricia Gallimore
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction
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- Jean W. Scott
- 06-06-20
people struggling for democracy and failing but so
good and thought provoking with believable engaging characters
introducing historical characters you only thought you knew.