Out of the Ashes (Lammy book)

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Out of the Ashes
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Author David Lammy
Publisher Random House
Publication date
2011

Out of the Ashes: Britain After the Riots is a 2011 book by the British Labour Party politician David Lammy about the 2011 England riots.

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