Fables Of Odo Of Cheriton

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Book Title: Fables of Odo of Cheriton

Item Length: 9in

Item Height: 0.6in

Item Width: 6in

Author: John Jacobs

Original Language: Latin

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Short Stories (Single Author), Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Folklore & Mythology, Europe / Great Britain / Norman ConQuest to Late Medieval (1066-1485)

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Publication Year: 1985

Genre: History, Social Science, Fiction

Item Weight: 13 Oz

Number of Pages: 216 Pages