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Book Title: The Betrothed Of Death: The Spanish Foreign Legion During Th...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 6in
Author: José E. Alvarez
Publication Name: Betrothed of Death : the Spanish Foreign Legion During the Rif Rebellion, 1920-1927
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication Year: 2001
Series: Contributions in Comparative Colonial Studies
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 22.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
