River of Destiny. Barbara Erskine
Читать онлайн.| Название | River of Destiny |
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| Автор произведения | Barbara Erskine |
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| Год выпуска | 0 |
| isbn | 9780007455652 |
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First published in 2012
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
Copyright © Barbara Erskine 2016
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Ebook Edition © March 2016 ISBN: 9780007455652
Version: 2017-09-07
For Jon, who keeps the wheels on the wagon
… rich swords lay … eaten with rust, as they had lain buried in the bosom of the earth for a thousand years … the princes who placed their treasure there had pronounced a solemn curse on it which was to last until doomsday: that whoever rifled the place should be guilty of sin, shut up in dwelling-places of devils, bound in bonds of hell, and tormented with evil …
Beowulf
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