Goldring Books: Historical Fiction
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ABRAMS, REBECCA
Touching Distance
London, Macmillan. 2008, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780230015555). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. Based on a true story, this is a stunning historical novel that brings to life a fascinating period in world history. It is 1790, and after 10 years of training in the great medical schools of Europe, Alec Gordon has returned to Scotland to take up the post of Physician to the Aberdeen Dispensary. His plans for modernizing medical practice and dreams of progress are thrown into disarray when a mysterious disease suddenly strikes the town, attacking and killing every newly delivered mother for miles around, which he recognises as childbed fever, a condition that has baffled the great physicians, an illness with no known cure. Alec sets out on an astonishing medical quest to conquer the disease, but while he struggles to find solutions that lie far in the future, his wife Elisabeth is increasingly lost in the past, prey to terrifying memories of her childhood in Antigua, as she knows and he will learn, some diseases lie beyond the reach of reason. NOT EX LIB B2C. Fine/Fine.
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N° du livre: 007250
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 | CHF 9.5]
Mots-clés: Historical Fiction, 18th Century Aberdeen, Aberdeen Dispensary, Childbed Fever 9780230015555

 
ARMITAGE, AILEEN
A Theft of Honour (Signed Copy)
Surrey, Severn House. 2000, First Thus. (ISBN: 0727855581). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. A near Fine unmarked copy with pictorial laminated boards as dustjacket. Dustjacket is near Fine and complete. First published in 1970 under the title 'Bloodstone' and pseudonym 'Aileen Quigley'. An historical novel set in 17th century England, 1660-1688, during the years of the Restoration, of Colonel Thomas Blood, Irish upstart, unscrupulous rogue or one of the most loyal subjects Charles II could wish for? NOT EX LIB A SCARCE SIGNED COPY D4E. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.
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N° du livre: 004330
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | CHF 23]
Mots-clés: Historical Fiction, 17th Century England, Aileen Quigley, Bloodstone, Colonel Thomas Blood, King Charles II 0727855581

 
AYLWEN, AXEL
The Falcon of Siam
London, Methuen. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0413163407). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A fantastic tale set in 17th century Siam, the Venice of the East, fabled land of lavish courts and dazzling wealth but Siam is now forced to emerge from it's isolation as foreign adventurers, opportunists and buccaneers approach, hungry for wealth and empire. An adventure story in the grand tradition of piracy, war, history, opportunity and a man's love for two women. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.99 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST NOT EX LIB D4A. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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N° du livre: 002580
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | CHF 23]
Mots-clés: 17the Century Siam, Piracy, British East India Company 0413163407

 
BARRY, JANE
The Conscience of the King
London, Michael Joseph. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718128443). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ copy but with small name 'Bob' to front endpaper and age fading to page edges with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. An historical novel set in Sylvania, a land of deep pine forests, distant mountains and turreted castles, a crumbling kingdom where passion, jealousy and betrayal are played out. It is 1889 and the capital city, Rosenholm, is on the brink of revolution, the reigning king is an invalid, his queen a brave but innocent girl, tragic figures manipulated by the unscrupulous Count Vielfrass and his secret police and there is rioting on the streets. Suddenly the enigmatic Maximilian arrives on the scene transforming the situation with his claim to be the heir to the Sylvanian throne and he deposes the king and forces the queen to marry him. She resists but has no choice and begins to wonder about his past and whether he is an usurper or rightful heir. Narrated by Maximilian's wife Marie and his cousin and courtier Anton von Tarn, bitter rivals for the king's attentions. 3. Very Good/Very Good.
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N° du livre: 002875
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | CHF 8.5]
Mots-clés: Sylvania 0718128443

 
BIRD, ANTOINETTE KELSALL
The Daughters of Megwyn
London, Headline. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747200394). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+unmarked copy which has usual age darkening to page edges with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. A novel rich in fantasy and poetry and is the story of four women living lives steeped in the age old mysteries of birth and death against a background of political upheaval set in the 15th and 16th centuries of the Cotswolds. C3B. Very Good/Very Good.
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N° du livre: 001830
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 | CHF 9.5]
Mots-clés: Cotswolds, 15th 16th Centuries 0747200394

 
BRANDT, JANE LEWIS
La Chingada
London, Cassell. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0304306541). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK edition. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clopped. Map endpapers. An epic novel of the Aztecs, the conquistadors and the discovery and conquest of Mexico, told in counterpoint narrative by both Arturo Mondragon, a young Spanish foot soldier and the Amerind of high birth, Malinche. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.87 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST D4C. Fine/Near Fine.
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N° du livre: 004365
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Mots-clés: Historical Fiction, Aztecs, Arturo Mondragon, Amerindian, Malinche 0304306541

 
O'BRIEN, EDNA
The Light of Evening
London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 2006, First. (ISBN: 978029785132). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has a small repaired closed tear and is not price clipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A novel of attachments, especially between a mother and daughter, who yearn for closeness but are also estranged. From her hospital bed in Dublin, the elderly Dilly awaits the visit of her daughter, Eleanora from London. The epochs of her life pass before her; emigrating to America in the 1920's, a romantic liaison she had there, the destiny that brought her back to Ireland, and her marriage into the stately Rusheen. She also retraces Eleanora's precipitate marriage to a foreigner, which alienated mother and daughter even more, and Dilly's heart-rending letters sent over the years in a determination to reclaim her daughter. NOT EX LIB 2. Fine/Very Good.
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N° du livre: 011242
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 | CHF 9.5]
Mots-clés: Fiction, Irish Author, Dublin, Rusheen, 1920's Brooklyn 978029785132

 
BROSTER, D.K.
Ships in the Bay!
London, William Heinemann. 1933. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black titles on green cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with fading to spine and a little wear to spine head and tail. Internally there is a neat name and address to front endpaper else clean and unmarked. A Good + copy. A novel of seafaring and privateers in the late 18th century set in Pembrokeshire, of a Dutch prize and the French. Loosely based on an actual French landing at Fishguard in February 1797 11. Good/No Jacket.
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N° du livre: 011222
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | CHF 8.5]
Mots-clés: Privatteers, 18the Century

 
BROWN, BENITA
The Captain's Daughters
London, Headline. 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 0755301668). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. An historical novel set in turn of the century Tyneside where Captain Samuel Walton is grief stricken after the death of his young wife in childbirth. He had idolised his wife Effie and now faces the task of bringing up his two daughters alone. Fifteen years later, the baby Flora that brought such tragedy is the mirror image of her mother and has inherited her tempestuous temperament and her elder sister Josie, who inherited her father's sensible nature, worries that Flora may be led astray. B2D. Fine/Fine.
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N° du livre: 002622
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.25 | CHF 14]
Mots-clés: 19th Century Tyneside, Captain Samuel Walton 0755301668

 
CAMBOR, KATHLEEN
In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden
New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0374165378). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. STATED FIRST EDITION. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. An historical novel set against the backdrop of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Flood, a tragedy that cost the lives of some 2,200 people when the South Fork dam burst on Memorial Day weekend in 1889. The book brilliantly imagines the lives that were lived, lost and irreparably changed by a tragedy that could never have been averted. 16. Fine/Near Fine.
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N° du livre: 004118
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | CHF 8.5]
Mots-clés: Historical Fiction, Johnstown Pennsylvania Flood of 1889 0374165378

 
CANNAM, HELEN
The Highwayman
London, Severn House. 1998, First Thus. (ISBN: 0727853937). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Originally published in 1980 as Captain Black under the pseudonym Caroline Martin. Pictorial laminated boards of the highwayman and heroine with matching dustjacket. Dustjacket has the smallest of creases at the spine head. A near Fine copy with near Fine dustjacket. An historical novel set in the time of the exiled Charles II. NOT EX LIB NOT LARGE PRINT 24. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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N° du livre: 000827
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 | CHF 11.5]
Mots-clés: Historical Fiction, Charles II, Puritans, Caroline Martin 0727853937

 
CANNAM, HELEN
A Kind of Paradise
Michael Joseph. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718128001). Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with slight age fading to page edges else very clean, unmarked and with no inscriptions.with VG+ dustjacket . A fictional saga of Sara and Josiah Wedgwood who created the famous pottery. This is the author's first novel for Michael Joseph. L. Near Fine/Very Good.
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N° du livre: 000633
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 | CHF 9.5]
Mots-clés: Historical Fiction, Josiah Wedgwood 0718128001

 
CARR, PHILIPPA
The Changeling
London, Collins. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002235293). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with age fading to page edges with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A further historical fiction novel in the author's 'Daughters of England' series. The author is also the best selling novelist Jean Plaidy and Victoria Holt and as Philippa Carr does not let the history overwhelm the story. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.83 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST C3D. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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N° du livre: 002386
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 | CHF 9.5]
Mots-clés: Historical Fiction, Australian Goldfields, 0002235293

 
CARTLAND, BARBARA
The Best of Barbara Cartland - the Proud Princess; the Magnificent Marriage; the Bored Bridegroom; Kiss the Moonlight; the Devil in Love
London, Marshall Cavendish. 1978, First Thus. (ISBN: 0856854964). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy in red leatherette boards with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Comprises :- The Proud Princess - first published in 1976; The Magnificent Marriage - first published in 1974; The Bored Bridegroom - first published in 1974; Kiss the Moonlight - first published in 1977; The Devil in Love - first published in 1975. 637 pages with author's note stating that she is delighted that her five favourite novels are all together in one book. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.42 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 12. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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N° du livre: 010823
GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.75 | CHF 17.5]
Mots-clés: Romantic Fiction 0856854964

 
CATO, NANCY
The Heart of the Continent
London, New English Library. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0450406628). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. Map endpapers. The Australian author's novel set in the rugged outback, the great red centre of Australia, is a tale of life in the first half of the twentieth century. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.86 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST D4C. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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N° du livre: 003259
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 | CHF 9.5]
Mots-clés: Australian Author, Australian Outback 0450406628

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