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Adventures Of A Highland Soldier: With The Gordon Highlanders During The Se...

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Book Title: Adventures of a Highland Soldier : With the Gordon Highlanders During the Second Afghan War and First Boer War 1867-84

Number of Pages: 112 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Leonaur The Limited

Topic: Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), Europe / Great Britain / General, Military

Item Height: 0.3 in

Publication Year: 2011

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History

Item Weight: 5.5 Oz

Item Length: 8.5 in

Author: Charles R. Martin

Item Width: 5.5 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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