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Edward Trencom's Nose: A Novel of History, Dark Intrigue and Cheese

by Giles Milton

St Martin's Press [US] / Pan Macmillan [AU]

March 2007, 260 pages, $23.95 [US] / $24.95 [AU]

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Instead of writing Linen: The Fabric That Changed The World, Milton has taken a departure of sorts into the world of fiction with Edward Trencom's Nose.

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