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| Título | Fifty Years a Queen |
| Autor | Katherine Hodges |
| Editor | Belford, Clarke,, 1887 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 26 Ago. 2005 |
| Largo | 233 páginas |
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