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The people of the ruins: A story of the English revolution and after
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Book cover: Red cloth with black lettering displaying the novel's title and author.

The people of the ruins: A story of the English revolution and after

Date1920
Names
FormatBook
Notes
Physicist Jeremy Tuft is awakens from a cryogenic slumber after 150 years to a neo-medievalist world. With the threat of invasions looming from the northern English and Welsh, he must reintroduce how to build and operate machinery to this new society as a form of defense.  
Medium
Hardcover books
DimensionsCover size: 19.5 cm x 14 cm (7 11/16 in. x 5 1/2 in.)
Language
ProvenanceMerril Collection
CollectionMerril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object Number37131181075961D
Catalogue Record for Print Book https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=1437032
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