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Paperback: 624 pages
Publisher: Picador; 1st edition (September 19, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312425155
ISBN-13: 978-0312425159
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9.1 x 6 x 1.2 inches
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After the Victorians The Decline of Britain in the World (9780312425159) A. N. Wilson