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The top 10 romance novels
6. 'The English Patient'is by Michael Ondaatje
First published in 1992
First published in 1992
The book is set in World War II and depicts a critically burned man, at first known only as "the English patient", who is being looked after by Hana, a French-Canadian nurse who decides to stay behind with him when the rest of the military medical staff move on.
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