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Historical Fiction

Pure

by Andrew Miller

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Language English
Total Pages 346 pages
ISBN
9781444724257
Published
2011
Description
Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. Into their midst comes jean-baptiste baratte, a young, provincial engineer charged by the king ...
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#historical-fiction #history #historicalreads #perioddrama
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Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. Into their midst comes jean-baptiste baratte, a young, provincial engineer charged by the king with demolishing it. At first baratte sees this as a chance to clear the burden of history, a fitting task for a modern man of reason.
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