John Lee
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English
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When the Roman Empire declined, Britain went backward. As the Roman villas crumbled, the people built one-room wooden dwellings without chimneys. The technology of Roman pottery - important for storing food - was mostly lost. Literacy declined. This period is sometimes called the Dark Ages, and progress was painfully slow for five hundred years. Then, at last, things started to change... In this prequel to the monumental The Pillars of the Earth,...
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Richard Jury mysteries volume 21
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English
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Richard Jury investigates the death of a wealthy bachelor with a mysterious past who was last seen in a club named Dust.