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A novel harvest book and millions of other books are available for. A romance and an adventure, a rumination on royalty and religion in 18thcentury portugal and a bitterly ironic comment. Original title isbn 9780156005203 published on 1982. In early eighteenthcentury lisbon, baltasar, a soldier who has lost his left hand in battle, falls in love with blimunda, a young girl with visionary powers.
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