Books, Inq. — The Epilogue

Friday, December 07, 2012

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… The Social Affairs Unit — Web Review: Tom Holland's In the Shadow of the Sword is a great story, bravely told, but it leaves Richard D. North longing for old fashioned academic pedantry. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
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