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Authors washington state magazine washington state university. Fieldings father, george, was an anglican vicar at hexham and his mother, katherine fielding. This acclaimed book by gabriel fielding is available at in several formats for your ereader. The birthday king, gabriel fielding an imaginative penetration into the germany of 193945. Here are our closest matches for the birthday king by gabriel fielding. Download or read the birthday king book by clicking button below to visit the book download website. Here youll find articles and lists with thousands of books that have been neglected. John harrison a series of cat novels under the pseudonym of gabriel king. Browse and buy a vast selection of eagle paperbacks books and collectibles on. Mass market paperback popular library canadian, 00450095, 1973. Not price clipped and this copy has no previous inscriptions present. Gabriel fielding is the pseudonym of alan gabriel barnsley, born in hexham, northumberland, in 1916. Chiefly notes and drafts used for a literary biography of britishamerican novelist gabriel fielding alan barnsley, along with scattered notes on modern literature. The son of an anglican clergyman and descendent of henry fielding on his mothers side.
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