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No Longer a Bumpy Ride! The 1762 Westminster Paving Act…

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

In doing research for my newest release, THE MYSTERIIOUS DEATH OF MR. DARCY, which is set in Dorset, I came across the Purbek marble, a fossiliferous limestone found on the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula in southeast Dorset, England. That … Continue reading →

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