Falling angels

by Tracy Chevalier

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• 20 Currently reading

Published 2001 by Dutton in New York .
Written in English

Places:

• Great Britain,
• Highgate Cemetery (London, England),
• London (England)
Subjects:

• Social classes -- Fiction.,
• Friendship -- Fiction.,
• Children -- Fiction.,
• Great Britain -- History -- Edward VII, 1901-1910 -- Fiction.,
• Highgate Cemetery (London, England) -- Fiction.,
• London (England) -- Fiction.

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Edition Notes

Statement	Tracy Chevalier.
Genre	Fiction.
Classifications
LC Classifications	PS3553.H4367 F35 2001
The Physical Object
Pagination	324 p. ;
Number of Pages	324
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL3946877M
ISBN 10	0525945814
LC Control Number	2001033474

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