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Page 438
... death , none of his later efforts fulfilled the promise of his first two volumes . An idyllic picture , very likely autobiographical , of life among the Cordilleras of his native Cauca Valley , María was called by one eminent critic ...
... death , none of his later efforts fulfilled the promise of his first two volumes . An idyllic picture , very likely autobiographical , of life among the Cordilleras of his native Cauca Valley , María was called by one eminent critic ...
Page 566
... death 7 : 625a Joan of England ( fl . 12th century ) , sister of Richard I the Lion - Hearted . imprisonment by Tancred of Lecce 15 : 827d Joan of Navarre ( b . 1370 - d . July 9 , 1437 , Havering - atte - Bower , Essex ) , queen ...
... death 7 : 625a Joan of England ( fl . 12th century ) , sister of Richard I the Lion - Hearted . imprisonment by Tancred of Lecce 15 : 827d Joan of Navarre ( b . 1370 - d . July 9 , 1437 , Havering - atte - Bower , Essex ) , queen ...
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... death cut short the fulfillment of his grandiose ambi- tions . The future victor of Lepanto was born out of wedlock to the emperor Charles V and Bár- bara Blomberg , a burgher's daughter . Removed from his mother at an early age , he ...
... death cut short the fulfillment of his grandiose ambi- tions . The future victor of Lepanto was born out of wedlock to the emperor Charles V and Bár- bara Blomberg , a burgher's daughter . Removed from his mother at an early age , he ...
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