Rebecca West

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Also Known As	Dame Rebecca West • Cicily Isabel Fairfield • Cicily Isabel Andrews
Born	December 21, 1892 • London • England
Died	March 15, 1983 (aged 90) • London • England
Notable Works	“A Train of Powder” • “Black Lamb and Grey Falcon” • “Harriet Hume” • “Selected Letters of Rebecca West” • “The Birds Fall Down” • “The Fountain Overflows” • “The Meaning of Treason” • “The Return of the Soldier” • “The Thinking Reed”

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