Author: DUGGAN, ALFRED
Title: The Lady for Ransom
Description: New York: Weybright and Talley, 1953. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The covers of the book have some beginning ground-dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. "Duggan's novels are known for being based on meticulous historical research. He also wrote popular histories of Ancient Rome and the Middle Ages. Knight with Armour was his first novel, written in 1946. He visited practically every place and battlefield described in the book, because he was also an archaeologist, having worked on excavations in Istanbul during the 1930s. Unlike many historical novelists, he does not idealise his subjects. A few of the characters are noble, some rather nasty, many mixed in their motives. Some of the novels can be seen as funny, in a dry and noirish style. A recurring theme is the slow moral corruption of a character who begins with an exalted opinion of himself as noble, wise and brave but who gradually compromises himself morally.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Alfred Duggan Seljuk Turks Turkey Mercenaries Soldiers Byzantine Empire
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Title: The Lady for Ransom
Description: New York: Weybright and Talley, 1953. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The covers of the book have some beginning ground-dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. "Duggan's novels are known for being based on meticulous historical research. He also wrote popular histories of Ancient Rome and the Middle Ages. Knight with Armour was his first novel, written in 1946. He visited practically every place and battlefield described in the book, because he was also an archaeologist, having worked on excavations in Istanbul during the 1930s. Unlike many historical novelists, he does not idealise his subjects. A few of the characters are noble, some rather nasty, many mixed in their motives. Some of the novels can be seen as funny, in a dry and noirish style. A recurring theme is the slow moral corruption of a character who begins with an exalted opinion of himself as noble, wise and brave but who gradually compromises himself morally.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Alfred Duggan Seljuk Turks Turkey Mercenaries Soldiers Byzantine Empire
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 36494
- Book number: 36494
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