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Beyond the Hedgerows of Cornwall
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100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Long Good Friday, #34
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Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848–1900, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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100 Greatest Gangster Films: Eastern Promises, #29
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After the Victorians by A.N. Wilson
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Beyond the Balkans – Eric Ambler and the British Espionage Novel, 1936-1940
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