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A year of bones, of grave-dirt, relentless work. Of mummified corpses and chanting priests. A year of rape, suicide, sudden death. Of friendship too. Of desire. Of love... A year unlike any other he has lived. Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing,... read more

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A young man, young but not very young, sits in an anteroom somewhere, some wing or other, in the Palace of Versailles.

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  1. Andrew Miller (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Sceptre
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: June 9, 2011
ISBN: 1444724258
Page Count: 352

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  • Library of Congress: PR6063.I3564 P87
  • Dewey: 823.914

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