- Author: Robert Leckie
- Date: 18 Jun 2001
- Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER
- Format: Paperback::304 pages, ePub, Digital Audiobook
- ISBN10: 0743413075
- Imprint: ibooks Inc
- Dimension: 134.62x 208.28x 25.4mm::204.12g
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