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With each book, you are left, even more, longing for the next.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264085573926,"sku":"LWTPXDGF","price":49.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/3207eadf-7d20-4a68-b6cc-05b0e637d7c0.jpg?v=1701092398"},{"product_id":"stormbird-war-of-the-roses-i","title":"Stormbird: War of the Roses I","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe master of historical fiction, Conn Iggulden, retells one of the most brutal, bloody civil wars in English history, in the FIRST INSTALMENT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e of his \u003cem\u003eWars of the Roses\u003c\/em\u003e series.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e King Henry V - the great Lion of England - is long dead.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e In 1437 his gentle son comes of age and takes the throne. 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