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Material Type: | Audio book, etc. |
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Document Type: | Sound Recording |
All Authors / Contributors: | Manchester, William.; Whitener, Barrett |
ISBN: | 9780786148585 0786148586 |
OCLC Number: | 144217481 |
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This is a dreadful book
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One example: Quoting Holinshed, who spoke of "the filthie sin of lechery and fornication, with abominable adulteries, speciallie in the king," Manchester decides this must apply to Edward VI, that poor invalid, governor-ridden boy who probably was never alone even in the loo, and certainly never had the opportunity for lechery!
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