Edward Shawcross: The Last Emperor of Mexico: A Disaster in the New World [2023] paperback ZGIFT and her name was Janet

and her name was Janet

published to coincide with a major exhibition at the National Maritime Museum to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London

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a charming Englishman with whom she falls in love

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