Q (Quiller- Couch, Sir A T)

The Splendid Spur.

Cassell, 1111. Hard Cover, Probably 1930s. 312pp, including notes and glossary. Brown cloth boards with decoration to spine. Previous owner's name to flyleaf, a couple of spots of foxing, otherwise clean. Map. 'Memoirs of Mr John Marvel, set in 1642... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 4181

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Historical, Charles I, Civil War

Lytton Rt Hon Lord Bulwer

The Last of the Barons.

Ward Lock, 1111. Hard Cover, Probably late 19th century. Sunday School inscription on flyleaf dated 1911. 461pp, dark red cloth covered boards, with impressed design and gilt title. Engraved frontispiece illustration. Small dark spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise a clean copy. Set in the time of Edward IV and the Wars of the Roses... Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 14188

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Historical, Medieval

Gaskin, Catherine

Blake's Reach.

Fontana, 1974. Mass Market Paperback, 319 pp, the edges browning a little with age, illustrated softback covers. Bookseller stamp to inner cover, otherwise internally clean. Smugglers, and refugees from the French Revolution... Very Good.

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Book number: 11916

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Historical, French Revolution, Romney Marsh

Gaskin, Catherine

A Falcon For A Queen.

Book Club Associates, 1974. Hard Cover, 317 pp, the edges browning with age, green boards. Internally clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 490

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Historical

Gaskin, Catherine

A Falcon For A Queen.

The Book Club, 1963. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 383 pp, red boards. Small light spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean. Set in Australia in the 1850s Gold Rush... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 8450

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Australia, Gold Rush

Gavin, Catherine

The Devil In Harbour.

Companion Book Club, 1968. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 288pp, complete illustrated dustjacket sun darkened to spine and with one short closed tear to edges. Internally clean. Set against the background of the intelligence drama of WWI and the sea battle of Jutland... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 6040

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: scapa flow, jutland, WWI

Geras, Adele

Voyage.

Macmillan, 1989. Hard Cover, 1st edition in the Silver Book Box series. 137pp, laminated silver and colour boards illustrated by Ruth Sanderson. A clean copy. Set in 1904, the story of a Jewish family emigrating to America... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 5863

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Ruth Sanderson, jewish Emigration, Diaspora

Germany, Jo

City of Golden Cages.

Chivers Press, 1981. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, Large Print edition. 250pp, laminated boards. Ex library, so label to flyleaf and stamp to title page, otherwise a good 'reading copy. Set in St Petersburg in the 1760s... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 9789

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Historical

Gibbs, Philip

The Spoils Of Time.

Hutchinson, 1951. First Edition. Hard Cover, 256pp. Dustjacket with a little loss to top of spine. Internally clean. The story of a family who live in Church St, Kensington, London in the first half of the 20th century... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 3677

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Kensington, london

Gower, Iris

Black Gold.

Corgi, 1989. Mass Market Paperback, 382pp, illustrated softback covers. A clean, tight copy. Set at the time of the General Strike - the 6th and final part of the saga of the men and women of Sweyn's Eye... As New.

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Book number: 11385

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: General Strike, Historical Fiction

Gregory, Philippa

The Other Boleyn Girl.

Harper, 2002. Mass Market Paperback, 542p, the edges tanning a little with age. Ilustrated softback covers with a few light creases to the spine. Internally very clean and tight. The story of Mary, who becomes the mistress of Henry VIII, before he falls in love with her sister Anne Boleyn... Very Good.

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Book number: 14045

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Historical, Tudor, Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn

Gregory, Philippa

The Queen's Fool.

HarperCollins, 2004. Mass Market Paperback, 490pp, illustrated softback covers with light creases to spine. Colour frontispiece. Internally clean and tight. Hannah is sent to spy on Mary Tudor, and is caught up in the enmity between her and her sister Elizabeth.. Very Good.

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Book number: 14083

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Historical, Tudor, Mary Tudor

O'Hara, John

The Lockwood Concern.

The Book Club, 1965. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 403pp, illustrated dustjacket, a little rubbed to the edges. A bookplate has been removed from the inner board, otherwise internally clean. Four generations of the Lockwood family of Pennsylvania... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 7236

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Pennsylvania

Harris, Jane

The Observations.

Faber, 2006. Soft Cover, Full size book of 415pp. Illustrated softback covers. A couple of light creases to spine, otherwise a very clean, tight copy. Set in Scotland in 1863, Besie takes a job as a housemaid and is asked to undertake a series of bizarre tasks... Fine.

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Book number: 12397

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Historical

Haward, Winifred I

This House Shall Stand.

Staples, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover, 212pp, yellow cloth boards with gilt title. Original owner's name on flyleaf, otherwise internally very clean. Set in Skipton and the Dales in 1460.. Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 2245

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Skipton, Threlkeld, Dales, Historical