She defied her parents & married for love...
Following her heart, Fifi moves with Dan to London where they rent a seedy
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Refreshes the parts other history books can't reach...A bit ropy on the Renaissance? In the dark about the Enlightenment? Or, in fact, do you need a revision course on the entire history of the world & want to read a witty, irreverent, definitely not boring romp through everything that has ever happened on planet earth
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