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    Legends of the Bastille
    Legends of the Bastille
    Legends of the Bastille
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    Legends of the Bastille

    By George Maidment and Frantz Funck-Brentano

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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