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Earnest, epic, grave and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Edward Rutherfurd
- First published
- 1997
- Pages
- 853
- Publisher
- Arrow Books Ltd, Random House Audio, Fawcett
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- German, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780679443810
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First sentence
“Many times since the Earth was young, the place had lain under the sea.”
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