Ebook {Epub PDF} While England Sleeps by David Leavitt

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David Leavitt's "While England Sleeps" is a romantic adventure, a sprawling novel of star-crossed lovers set against a backdrop of placid pre-war English luxury and gritty Spanish Civil War conflict. WHILE ENGLAND SLEEPS by David Leavitt (Houghton Mifflin: $; pp.). Leavitt's novel provoked a plagiarism suit from poet Stephen Spender, who claimed that the story was based too closely. While England Sleeps (Paperback) Published June 25th by Abacus UK. Revised version, Paperback, pages. Author (s): David Leavitt. ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language: English.

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