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The Star Chamber by William Harrison Ainsworth, Fiction, Literary, Classics, Horror
William Harrison Ainsworth
Livre relié | Anglais
39,45 €
+ 78 points
Description
Within the last twelve months a strange and unlooked for interference had taken place with our hostess's profits, which she had viewed, at first, without much anxiety, because she did not clearly comprehend its scope; but latterly, as its formidable character became revealed, it began to fill her with uneasiness. The calamity, as she naturally enough regarded it, arose in the following manner. The present was an age of monopolies and patents, granted by a crown ever eager to obtain money under any pretext, however unjustifiable and iniquitous, provided it was plausibly colored; and these vexatious privileges were purchased by greedy and unscrupulous persons for the purpose of turning them into instruments of extortion and wrong. . . .
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Contenu
- Nombre de pages :
- 356
- Langue:
- Anglais
Caractéristiques
- EAN:
- 9780809565344
- Date de parution :
- 01-08-04
- Format:
- Livre relié
- Format numérique:
- Genaaid
- Dimensions :
- 152 mm x 229 mm
- Poids :
- 675 g
