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Kate Wilby

First and Before All Things

By Kate Wilby - Published 2019

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This is the story of the Norwich Bethel, a sanctuary for “lunaticks” founded in 1713 by the enlightened and compassionate Mary Chapman, widow of ...Read Review

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