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Book Title: Addiction And Devotion In Early Modern England
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Rebecca Lemon
Publication Name: Addiction and Devotion in Early Modern England
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Series: Haney Foundation Ser.
Publication Year: 2018
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
