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On any given day in London, all Charles Lenox, Victorian gentleman and armchair explorer, wants to do is relax in his private study with a cup of tea, a roaring fire and a good book.
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Classical in form, grave, resolved and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Charles Finch
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 336
- Publisher
- Magna, St. Martin's Minotaur, Minotaur Books
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781429955331
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