The hero maker

Titel: The hero maker : a biography of Paul Brickhill / Stephen Dando-Collins
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Veröffentlicht: North Sydney, N.S.W. : Vintage Books, 2016
Umfang: xi, 402 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
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ISBN: 9780857988126 ; 0857988123 ; 9780857988133 ; 0857988131
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