The Secret Life of Queen Victoria
Her Majesty's Missing Diaries Being an Account of Her Hitherto Unknown Travels through the Island of Jamaica in the Year 1871
by Victoria ; Jonathan Routh
ISBN: 0283985895
ISBN-13: 9780283985898
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Publisher: Sidgwick and Jackson
Published date: 1979
Pages: 110
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria
Jonathan Routh
Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1979-10. Hardcover. Good. Pages clean, some edge wear on dust jacket and book boards. Some indentations on dust jacket. ( more information)
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