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The Blockade of Phalsburg: An Episode of the End of the Empire - cover

The Blockade of Phalsburg: An Episode of the End of the Empire

Erckmann Erckmann-Chatrian

Publisher: Good Press

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You will enjoy this Jewish tale from the point of view of Father Moses. This adventure is a historical reflection on the 1814 allied invasion of France. Excerpt: The cold sweat would cover my body. Still, if anyone had come to me and said, "Be easy, Moses, I will relieve you of this business," I should have refused…
Available since: 12/17/2019.
Print length: 608 pages.

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