FERVAL, CLAUDE

The Life and Death of Cleopatra

London, Hurst and Blackett. 1924. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black title on green cloth boards which have a few small minor marks and a little wear to spine head and tail and corner tips. Internally clean and unmarked. A Good + copy. 302 pages. 13 illustrations. Translated from the French by Herbert Wilson. An historic romance, vividly presented with picturesque local detail, written without sacrificing historic accuracy. C3C. Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 000398

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Egypt, Historical Fiction

FRASER, CHRISTINE MARION

Noble Beginnings

London, Harper Collins. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002241013). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A novel set in 19th century Argyllshire, Scotland and centred around a powdermill. Young Anna McIntyre's vivacity and beauty have won her many friends in the community, Miss Priscilla, her teacher, encourages her budding artistic talent, Lord and lady Noble, owners of the powdermill that employs so many, their young nephew, Peter, who falls deeply in love with her. She is loved by all, except by her father, Roderick, the under-manager of the powdermill, a God fearing Christian to his neighbours, but in reality, he is a pompous, brutal man, with an insatiable taste for women. Anna longs to escape and when Lady Pandora Noble asks her to be her companion, she sees a chance to fulfil her dreams, but so does her scheming father, who has long nurtured a passion for Lady Pandora. NOT EX LIB C3D. Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 002326

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: 19th Century Argyllshire, Powdermill 0002241013

FREELY, MAUREEN

The Other Rebecca

London, Bloomsbury. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747528233). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which has a small closed tear to top and is not price clipped. A novel that provides parallels with Du Maurier's novel Rebecca as Deia, who is to marry 'Mad Max' Midwinter, a famous writer and infamous widower, is apprehensive of her new home because of the haunting accuracy with which her predecessor Rebecca had described it in her book 'The Marriage Hearse'. The press are having a field day as the arrival of Rebecca's replacement coincides with a new biography which implicates Max in his first wife's death. NOT EX LIB 3. Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002940

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: 0747528233

GEORGE, MARGARET

Mary, Called Magdalene

Basingstoke, United Kingdom, Macmillan. 2002. (ISBN: 1405005408). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy with near Fine dustjacket. An historical novel by the American author which presents a moving story based on the life of Mary Magdalene, of which little is known since her name first appeared in the Gospel of Mark. Well grounded in biblical and secular research. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.06 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST D4B. As New/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 002028

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Mary Magdalene, Historical Biblical Fiction 1405005408

COLERIDGE, GILBERT AND MARION

Jan Van Elselo - Being an Account of His Adventures During the Reign of His Most Catholic Majesty Philip II. , King of Spain

London, Macmillan. 1902, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt titles and Art Nouveau blind embossed decoration to front on red cloth boards. Some light marks to front and back boards with a little wear to spine head and tail. Internally there is foxing to endpapers, a stain to rear endpapers and publisher's catalogue, small bumping to top of six pages and some very minor marks to a few pages. Top edge gilt and blind embossed 'presentation copy' stamp to title page. Overall a Good + copy. Pages vii + 416 and publisher's 15 page catalogue.This is an historical novel by Hon. Gilbert James Duke Coleridge (1859-1953) and his wife, he was a sculptor and writer, the son of John Duke Coleridge, Lord Chief Justice of England, First Baron Coleridge. He was also a relative of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the English poet. SCARCE 1. Good TEG/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 002552

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Historical Fiction, Netherlands, Philip II King of Spain

GILBERT, ANNA

The Wedding Guest

New York, St. Martin's Press. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 0312099355). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. STATED FIRST US EDITION September 1993, FIRST PRINTING. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. A Gothic tale of two sisters with a prosperous background and set in the early 20th century with one going to live with her aunts who she barely knows. The great War has shattered her aunts' lives and the lives of the people she meets and that there is another event, more personal, that overshadows their lives. D4E. Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002240

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Great War 0312099355

GODDARD, ROBERT

Sea Change

London, Bantam Press. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0593042743). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG + complete dustjacket An historical novel set in 1721 after the South Sea Bubble collapse, where William Spandrel is offered a discharge of debts by his principal creditor, Sir Theodore Jansen, a director of the South Sea Company, on one condition; he must secretly convey an important package to Ysbrand de Vries, a friend of Janssen's in Amsterdam. The package safely delivered, William barely escapes an attempt on his life, only to be blamed for the murder of de Vries and when de Vries's secretary, his English wife and the package go missing, William realise that he is a pawn in several people's games. His only chance of survival is to recover the package and place its contents in the right hands. D4D. Near Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 000694

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Historical Fiction, South Sea Bubble, 18th Century Intrigue 0593042743

GRANT, JOAN

Return to Elysium

London, Methuen. 1947, First. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blue title on light blue boards. Faded spine with bumping to board corners. Brown decorative title page with vignette of girl playing a lyre, internally very clean, tight and unmarked. A novel set in classical times involving both Greek and Roman characters. 11. Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 011221

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Aesculapius, Poseidon, Narcissus, Epicurus,

GRAVESON, CAROLINE C.

The Farthing Family - a Story of a London Family in the 17th Century

London, The Bannisdale Press. 1950, First. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: James, Jacqueline and Dennis. Gold title on green boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear but with some bumping to corners and age darkening to spine . Internally there is an inscription to front pastedown else clean, tight and unmarked. Although a novel many of the people who feature actually lived and it is also drawn from contemporary letters and other documents of the Quakers. Illustrated by Jacqueline and Dennis James. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 011227

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: James, Jacqueline and Dennis

GREGORY, PHILIPPA

The Kingmaker's Daughter

London, Simon and Schuster. 2012, First. (ISBN: 9780857207463). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy in an As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 432 pages. Map endpapers of London in 1465. Map of England, Scotland and Wales and France in 1465. Anne Neville and her sister Isabel are daughters of the most powerful magnate in 15th century England, the Earl of Warwick, nicknamed the 'Kingmaker'. Ever ruthless, always plotting, in the absence of a son and heir, Warwick sets about using his daughters as pawns in his vicious political games. Anne grows from a delightful child, brought up at the court of Edward IV and his beautiful queen, Elizabeth Woodville, in intimacy and friendship with the family of Richard, Duke of Gloucester. Her life is overturned when her father turns on his former allies, escapes England and invades with an enemy army. Widowed at 14, fatherless, with her mother locked in sanctuary, and her sister a vengeful enemy, Anne faces the world alone. But fortune's wheel turns once again. Anne plots her escape from her sister's house, finds herself a husband in the handsome young Duke of Gloucester, and marries without permission, in secret. But danger still follows her. She finds that she has a mortal enemy in the most beautiful queen of England. Anne has to protect herself and her precious son from the treacherous court, the deadly royal rival, and even from the driving ambition of her husband - Richard III. L. As New/As New.

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N° du livre: 011085

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Anne Neville, Earl of Warwick, Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville, Duke of Gloucester, Richard III 9780857207463

GREGORY, PHILIPPA

The Last Tudor

London, Simon and Schuster. 2017, First. (ISBN: 9781471133053). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a few small minor marks to closed top edge) with a near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 520 pages. Family trees of the Tudor and Stuart Houses in 1550, the Seymour Family in 1550 and the Dudley Family in 1550. Elizabeth's royal cousin Jane Grey is gaced with the choice of death or denying her faith after being forced onto the throne of England. It is left to Elizabeth to measure the threat posed to her by the remaining Grey girls - the famous beauty Katherine Grey and her sister, a little person, Mary. Alternately befriended and snubbed, the two girls thrive as the queen's companions, learning to judge her moods and avoid her temper tantrums. But they each have a secret: Katherine is in love with a heir to the great family Seymour, and Mary with the queen's sergeant porter. They come to realise that Elizabeth will never allow either of them to marry fo fear of a Tudor heir to the throne. Their martyred sister's advice is clear - 'Learn you to die', Jane wrote in her famous letter to Katherine. But Jane's tragic story and her fateful choice is only the beginning for her two beloved sisters... L. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 011166

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Tudor Dynasty, Jane Grey, Katherine Grey, Mary Grey, Queen Elizabeth 9781471133053

GREGORY, PHILIPPA

The White Princess

London, Simon and Schuster. 2013, First. (ISBN: 9780857207517). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy in an As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 527 pages. Family tree of the Houses of York, Lancaster and Tudor in Spring 1485. Map of London in 1485. Map of England and the Low Countries in 1485. Somewhere beyond the shores of England, a Pretender is mustering an army. He claims to be brother to the queen, and the true heir to the throne. But is he the lost boy sent into the unknown by his mother, the White Queen? Or a counterfeit prince - a low-born enemy to Henry Tudor and his York princess wife? When Henry Tudor picked up the crown of England from the mud of Bosworth Field he knew he would have to marry the princess of the rival house - Elizabeth of York - in an effort to unify a country divided by war for nearly two decades. But his bride was still in love with his enemy - and her mother and half of England still dreamed of a missing heir and a triumphant return for the House of York. The new Queen Elizabeth has to decide if she can stand by a king whose support and courage are crumbling before her eyes. She has to choose between Tudor and York, between her new husband and the boy who claims to be her beloved lost brother: the rose of York come home at last. L. As New/As New.

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N° du livre: 011088

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Henry Tudor, Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, Houses of Tudor and York 9780857207517

GULLAND, SANDRA

The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.

London, Review. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0006481027). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected Book Proof, UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF. A near Fine unmarked copy. The book is the first of three spellbinding volumes inspired by the life of Josephine Bonaparte, wife of Napoleon, and which is studded with rich detail and engaging facts and pulls back the veil of history to reveal Josephine's extraordinary life. 51. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 006357

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Empress Josephine Bonaparte, Napoleon Bonaparte, Historical Fiction 0006481027

HANNAM, VANESSA

The Hostage Prince

Sutton, Surrey, Severn House. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 0727863312). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with pictorial laminated boards with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. It is 1646 and England is torn apart by Civil War, and during the fierce conflicts, parliamentary troops arrive at Hatherton Manor, the home of 17 year old Lady Elizabeth Anne, demanding food and lodgings. Though her family has suffered many hardships caused by the King's high taxes, her father still defends the monarchy and her two brothers are fighting for the King. But she has other opinions and is not afraid to speak her mind, especially when a handsome Roundhead captain appears and throws her life into turmoil. She is commanded to leave her family and look after the children of King Charles, who has been imprisoned by the rebels, and her new role soon leads her to doubt her initial impassioned beliefs. D4A. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 007180

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: English CIVIL War Fiction, King Charles, Historical Fiction 0727863312

HARRIS, JANE

The Observations

London, Faber and Faber. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 0571223354). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy with an As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. 415 pages. First Edition, First Printing. Scotland, 1863. In an attempt to escape her not-so-innocent past in Glasgow, Bessy Buckley - the wide-eyed Irish heroine of the story - takes a job as a maid in a big house outside Edinburgh working for the beautiful Arabella. Bessy is intrigued by her new employer, but puzzled by her increasingly strange requests and her insistence that Bessy keep a journal of her most intimate thoughts. And it seems that Arabella has a few secrets of her own - including her near-obsessive affection for Nora, a former maid who died in mysterious circumstances Then a childish prank has drastic consequences which throw into jeopardy all that Bessy has come to hold dear. Caught up in a tangle of madness, ghosts, sex and lies, she remains devoted to Arabella. But who is really responsible for what happened to her predecessor Nora? As her past threatens to catch up with her and complicate matters evenfurther, Bessy begins to realise that she has not quite landed on her feet. L. As New/As New.

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N° du livre: 008478

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: 19th Century Edinburgh, Historical Fiction, Bessy Buckley 0571223354