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    The Plague Village: An English Adventure
    The Plague Village: An English Adventure
    The Plague Village: An English Adventure
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    The Plague Village: An English Adventure

    By Morgan Smith

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    A lighthearted look at a day in the English countryside. Morgan Smith is, among many other things, an archaeologist and a travel writer. Her advice for an excursion into the wilds of Yorkshire? Take a map, and your sense of humor. And never rely on a native guide...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMorgan Smith
    Release dateMay 19, 2015
    ISBN9781310341151
    The Plague Village: An English Adventure
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    Morgan Smith

    Morgan Smith has been a goatherd, an artist, a landscaper, a weaver, a bookstore owner, a travel writer and an archaeologist, and she will drop everything to go anywhere, on the flimsiest of pretexts. Writing is something she has been doing all her life, though, one way or another, and now she thinks she might actually have something to say.

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