Author: PAYNE, ROBERT
Title: The Young Emperor
Description: New York: MacMillan Company, 1950. Trade Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some toning to the endpapers. "Pierre Stephen Robert Payne (1911 – 1983) was an English-born author, known principally for works of biography and history, although he also wrote novels, poetry, magazine articles and many other works. After working in Singapore and China, he moved to the United States in 1946 and became a professor of English literature. From 1954 onwards he lived as a writer in New York. A prolific author, Payne is best known for his biographies of prominent historical figures, such as Leonardo, Hitler, Stalin, Marx, Lenin, Mao Zedong and Gandhi, several of which were selected for Book of the Month Club. These works are praised for their readability and literary power, although not always for their historical rigour. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: Modern Fiction Robert Payne India Moghul India Prince Shah Jehan Travel & Exploration Modern Fiction
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Title: The Young Emperor
Description: New York: MacMillan Company, 1950. Trade Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some toning to the endpapers. "Pierre Stephen Robert Payne (1911 – 1983) was an English-born author, known principally for works of biography and history, although he also wrote novels, poetry, magazine articles and many other works. After working in Singapore and China, he moved to the United States in 1946 and became a professor of English literature. From 1954 onwards he lived as a writer in New York. A prolific author, Payne is best known for his biographies of prominent historical figures, such as Leonardo, Hitler, Stalin, Marx, Lenin, Mao Zedong and Gandhi, several of which were selected for Book of the Month Club. These works are praised for their readability and literary power, although not always for their historical rigour. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: Modern Fiction Robert Payne India Moghul India Prince Shah Jehan Travel & Exploration Modern Fiction
Price: US$ 15.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 38020
- Book number: 38020
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