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    Olaf the Glorious: A Story of the Viking Age
    Olaf the Glorious: A Story of the Viking Age
    Olaf the Glorious: A Story of the Viking Age
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    Olaf the Glorious: A Story of the Viking Age

    By Robert Leighton

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 2004
    Olaf the Glorious: A Story of the Viking Age
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    Robert Leighton

    ROBERT LEIGHTON (1611–1684) was Archbishop of Glasgow and a Scottish presbyterian minister. Spurgeon called Leighton's commentary on 1 Peter "a true heavenly work."

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