Awfully Ancient: Thomas Crapper, Corsets and Cruel Britannia

by Peter Hepplewhite Illustrated by Tom Morgan-Jones

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8th September 2016

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Children's, Teenage & Educational / Children's / Teenage: General Non-fiction / History & The Past: General Interest (children's

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780750289986

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