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The Last Days Of Pompeii

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Book Title: Last Days of Pompeii

Number of Pages: 352 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: CreateSpace

Topic: Ancient / Rome

Item Height: 0.8 in

Publication Year: 2015

Genre: History

Item Weight: 30.6 Oz

Item Length: 10 in

Author: Edward Bulwer Lytton

Item Width: 8 in

Book Series: Ancient History-Pompeii Ser.

Format: Trade Paperback

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