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Book Title: Ancient Athens : Five Intriguing Lives: Socrates, Pericles, Aspasia, Peisistratos and Alcibiades
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 0.7in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: Sanford Holst
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: General, WORLD
Publisher: Santorini Publishing
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 13.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
