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Published May 2010
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by Nancy Horan
Published Apr 2008
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by Julian Barnes
Published Dec 2006
Read ReviewsAn utter astonishment that captures an era through one life celebrated internationally - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; and another entirely forgotten - George Edalji.
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