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    Bob, Son of Battle
    Bob, Son of Battle
    Bob, Son of Battle
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    Bob, Son of Battle

    By Alfred Ollivant

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    AlfredOllivant was an English novelist known best for his novel Owd Bob. Ollivantalso published about a dozen other novels ranging from small-scale cautionarytales to grand historical stories.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKrill Press
    Release dateFeb 25, 2016
    ISBN9781531230135
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