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| Title | Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 1 Bohn's hist. libr Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland |
| Author | Agnes Strickland |
| Published | 1864 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 14 May 2007 |
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