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Mont-Saint-Michel And Chartres

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Book Title: Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres

Number of Pages: 330 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: CreateSpace

Topic: Europe / France, Religious, Buildings / Religious, Europe / Medieval

Publication Year: 2012

Item Height: 0.8 in

Genre: Philosophy, Architecture, History

Item Weight: 20 oz

Item Length: 9 in

Author: Henry Adams

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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