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...Rome, and later by the Turks, who ruled Rumania with Ottoman harshness for 400 years, the Colorado-size enclave retained its sense of separateness. Rumanians speak a lilting, Latinate language that sets them apart from neighboring vowel-deficient Slavs; though they say da for yes, they say bunā seara for good evening. Bloodied by the Central Powers in World War I, Rumania emerged into the modern world as a reactionary monarchy, sided with Nazi Germany during World War II; its fascist Iron Guard proved just as murderous and anti-Semitic as the SS. The Red Army conquest...
Another example is Raphael Sabatini. The success of "Seara Mouche" sold most of the copies of "Captain Blood", led to reprint of "The Snare", and will considerably hoost the sale of "The Sea Hawk" which was scheduled to appear this week. Houghton Miffin are the publishers...
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