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Book Title: Burning Women: Widows, Witches, And Early Modern European Tr...
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Pompa Banerjee
Publication Name: Burning Women : Widows, Witches, and Early Modern European Travelers in India
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Features: Revised
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500-1700 Ser.
Publication Year: 2003
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.6 Oz
Number of Pages: Xviii, 278 Pages
