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Character
Epic, earnest, classical in form and grave.
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Simon Sebag-Montefiore
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 768
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Companhia das Letras, W&N
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- Spanish, tur, Portuguese, German
- ISBN
- 9781101946978
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