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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 Epochs of history Epochs of history, ed. by E.A. Morris Epochs of modern history |
| Author | Samuel Rawson Gardiner |
| Edition | 12 |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, 1900 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Mar 20, 2008 |
| Length | 233 pages |
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