Ancestry of Greatness
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Last published Sun, Feb 11, 2018
The year is 1931, the place is England, and the beginning of the story is set. A man almost desperate for life will look again for his place under the sun. Destiny sends him to the Kelmscott mansion and meets him with a mysterious, insensitive and persistent master. A secret is about to be unveiled, but what will be the consequences of that?
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