The Invention of Fire (44 page)

Authors: Bruce Holsinger

About the Author

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BRUCE HOLSINGER
is the author of the first John Gower novel,
A Burnable Book
, and an award-winning scholar of the medieval period who teaches at the University of Virginia. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and a recipient of research fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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A Burnable Book

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Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity, and are used fictitiously. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real.

THE INVENTION OF FIRE
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FIRST EDITION

EPub Edition April 2015 ISBN 9780062356475

ISBN 978-0-06-235645-1

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