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New observations on the natural history of the bees. The story starts in 2017 and then goes back to 1938 recounting the story of one women during the war and one women whose life changes for the better in 2017. The beekeepers promise is a ww2 novel by fiona valpy. The beekeeper the first detective elizabeth stratton.
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