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Iris Origo erzählt das Leben des Kaufmanns Datini aus dem toskanischen Prato, eines klassischen S...
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The last - and arguably most intense - love affair of one of the greatest British poets
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Thisextraordinary re-creation of the life of a medieval Italian merchant,Francesco di M...