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by Conn Iggulden
Published Feb 2009
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by Judith Lindbergh
Published Dec 2006
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by David Anthony Durham
Published Jan 2005
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by Robert Harris
Published Oct 2004
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by Patrick O'Brian
Published Sep 2000
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