The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: The Quest for this Storied City and the Race to Save Its Treasures. Charlie English

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      This eBook first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2017

      Copyright © 2017 by Charlie English

      Maps by Meighan Cavanaugh

      Frontispiece: Nineteenth-century drawing of Timbuktu, based on a description by the French explorer René Caillié

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      Source ISBN: 9780008126650

      Ebook Edition © May 2018 ISBN: 9780008126643

      Version: 2018-05-01

       Dedication

       For Lucy