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LONG MARSTON, YORKSHIRE 2 JULY 1644

FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, USA 11-15 DECEMBER 1862

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I greatly enjoyed your interview with Alice Roberts about her new book Domination, (Books Interview, September), and its argument that the church was essentially Rome rebadged, with its structures and

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