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    A Night in Avignon
    A Night in Avignon
    A Night in Avignon
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    A Night in Avignon

    By Cale Young Rice

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    "A Night in Avignon" is an absorbing drama about the scholar and poet of early Renaissance Italy and one of the earliest humanists, Petrarch. It features his brother Gherardo, a monk. The sequence of events and the exchanges between the characters are presented beautifully, keeping the readers absorbed till the end.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateApr 25, 2021
    ISBN4064066100612
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