Loved itat number 10 I have put the fraud by Zade Smith I don't think this book will be for everyone I don't necessarily think it's a perfect book but my goodness did I have a good time with it
Fraud (2023)
Others: Positive Truth and justice tested by a 19th-century author and his cousin, and a fraudulent pretender and his manumitted witness.
- ISBN:
- 9780525558965
- Length:
- 521 pages
Genres: historical fiction
Lists: …
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