The Comrade
Mazo de la Roche
Editora: Alien Ebooks
Sinopse
A wounded soldier in World War I comes across a woman and her newborn baby in the mud and misery of battle.
Editora: Alien Ebooks
A wounded soldier in World War I comes across a woman and her newborn baby in the mud and misery of battle.
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