KENEALLY, THOMAS

The Office of Innocence

London, Sceptre. 2002. (ISBN: 0340624736). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Set in Sydney in 1942 - the year of the fall of Singapore, the bombing of Darwin and the surprise attack on Pearl Harbour by Japanese midget submarines. Despite the hordes of American soldiers making their presence felt, Australia seems doomed to be invaded by the Japanese. Through the eyes of Father Frank Darragh, an impessionable young priest, we see into the hearts of a people fearing the end of life as they know it, doing things they would never dream of in peacetime and challenging the church's teachings. Bringing wartime Australia strikingly to life, the Australian author delivers a thought provoking novel about conscience and courage, love and lost innocence. D4B. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 007708

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Wartime Australia Fiction, Americans in Wartime Sydney Australia, World War II Fiction 0340624736

KIDD, JOHN

A Light in the Darkness

Lewes, East Sussex, The Book Guild. 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 0857768426). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. As Teddy Bowman unearths the secret of his grandfather's long lost war diaries, an incredible tale of hardship and heroism, love and longing emerges. Corporal George Bowman is a stretcher bearer in the Royal Army Medical Corps on the beleaguered battlefields of the Somme in 1916 who gains a reputation as a selfless soldier, saving countless lives in the face of extraordinary adversity. Highly decorated for his bravery, George returns from the front with a string of medals, a permanent disability, and a deep rooted sense of the futility of war. PLEASE NOTE : A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.85 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST NOT EX LIB B2E. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 005010

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: War Fiction, First World War, Somme 0857768426

LAKE, DERYN

The Governor's Ladies

London, Allison and Busby. 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 0749082208). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A Fine unread copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. An historical novel by the author (pseudonym of Dinah Lampitt) of the John Rawlings Georgian mystery series. Set in Boston, Massachusetts in 1775, where the lives of Thomas Gage, the British governor of Massachusetts, his wife Margaret, together with their black slave, Sara, become inexorably intertwined. Having risen through the army, Thomas has known many battles but the War of Independence is different, as there are personal passions and beliefs involved and being a British governor with an American wife means that allegiances are sharply divided. Thomas seeks solace through teaching the pretty Sara, the simple pleasures of reading and writing but conflict, heartbreak and death are close at hand, threatening to engulf all involved, C3A. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 003803

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Historical Fiction, Dinah Lampitt, John Rawlings Georgian Mystery, Boston Massachusetts, Thomas Gage, Slavery, American War of Independence 0749082208

LANCHESTER, JOHN

Fragrant Harbour

London, Faber & Faber. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 0571201768). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. A novel of Hong Kong, 'Heung Gong - Fragrant Harbour', of four people whose intertwined lives span Asia's last 70 years, the complacency of colonial life in the 1930's, the horrors of the Japanese occupation. the post war boom, the growth of the Triads and the handover of Hong Kong. The author's third novel. D4E. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 004584

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Hong Kong, Japanese Occupation, Triads 0571201768

MCMURTRY, LARRY AND OSSANA, DIANA

Zeke and Ned

London, Orion. 1997, First. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarke copy in a Very Good + dustjacket which is not price clipped and has minor wear to lower edges. First UK edition. 478 pages. The story of Ezekiel Proctor and Ned Christie, the last Cherokee warriors - two proud, passionate men whose remarkable quest to carve a future out of Indian Territory east of the Arkansas River after the Civil War is not only history but legend. Played out against an American West governed by a brutal brand of frontier justice, this intensely moving saga brims with a rich cast of indomitable and utterly unforgettable characters such as Becca, Zeke's gallant Cherokee wife, and Jewel Sixkiller Proctor, whose love for Ned makes her a tragic heroine. At once exuberant and poignant, bittersweet and brilliant, Zeke and Ned takes us deep into the hearts of two extraordinary men who were willing to go the distance for the bold vision they shared and for the women they loved. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY BOOK OF 0.89 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST D4D. Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 011184

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Cherokee Indian, American CIVIL War

LONG, FREDA

Charlie's Year

London, Robert Hale. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0709038569). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Silver title on black boards which are unmarked with no wear. Internally very clean and unmarked. A A VG+ unmarked copy. Dustjacket has creasing and some marks to inner flaps and is not price clipped. An historical novel set in 1745 when two young Scots are studying law in Paris where also resides Prince Charles Edward Stuart. One of them becomes friends and seems intent on joining in the invasion of England to restore the Stuart monarchy. From the popular historical novelist. NOT EX LIB B2E. Very Good/Good.

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N° du livre: 000949

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Bonnie Prince Charlie, Prince Charles Edward Stuart 0709038569

LOTHAR, MINDA

Rage of Joy - the Divine Sarah Bernhardt

London, Leslie Frewin. 1968, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy with VG+ dustjacket. A biographical novel centred around the life of the famous theatre actress by an author who admits to having an overpowering interest in her subject. Filled with biographical detail, it shamelessly name drops throughout. C3A. Near Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002052

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Sarah Bernhardt, Historical Fiction, Charles de Mornay, Napoleon III, Franco German War

MACDONALD, ROBERT S.

The Rachel Victoria

New York, Petrocelli Books. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0894332244). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Gold title on blue cloth boards which have a little wear to spine head and tail and lower corner tips and one small wear mark to front. Internally there is light foxing to endpapers else clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good copy. Dustjacket has wear to spine edges and side edges. An historical novel set in 1863 and the American Civil War, where the Rachel Victoria, the last of the specially built privateers, has been commissioned by the Navy Department from the Saunders ship building family. An action packed adventure of the high seas following on from the author's earlier novel 'The Catherine'. 23. Very Good/Good.

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N° du livre: 004355

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Historical Fiction, American CIVIL War, Rhode Island 0894332244

MALLINSON, ALLAN

The Nizam's Daughters

London, Bantam. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 059304374X). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ unmarked copy which has usual age toning to closed edges else near Fine with VG+ dustjacket which has a crease to front inner flap and is not price clipped. First edition, First printing. x + 320 pages. Fresh from the battle of Waterloo, Matthew Hervey, newly appointed aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington, is sent on the most secret of missions to India. Hervey must leave behind his newly affianced love, Henrietta, to travel across tempestuous seas to an alien land which, unbeknown to him, will test his mettle to the very limits. C3D. Very Good/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 008816

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Historical Fiction, Chintal India, Matthew Hervey, Duke of Wellington, Nizam of Haidarabad 059304374x

MASSEY, CHARLOTTE

The Bride of Invercoe

London, Macdonald and Janes. 1976, First Edition. (ISBN: 0356081702). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket by Walter Wyles which is not price clipped. First Edition. Charlotte Massey is the pseudonym of Vincent Caprani, an Irish Malahide (Dublin) poet, author, artist and historian. An historical novel set in Scotland where Ellen McCann shuddered as she surveyed the portraits of her husband's ancestors and wondered why there were no portraits of their wives. She had entered into a peculiar marriage pact with a virtual stranger and realises that she has made a terrible mistake, a mistake that might cost her her life. B2C. Near Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 003783

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Historical Fiction, Scotland, Ellen Mccann, Marriage Pact, Vincent Caprani 0356081702

MASTERS, JOHN

The Venus of Konpara

London, Michael Joseph. 1960, First. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on blue boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear and just light bumping to corners. Internally there is a small neat signature to verso of front endpaper else clean and unmarked. Pictorial dustjacket is price clipped with chipping and wear. Coloured map endpapers. A novel of six people in search of an ancient Indian statue and the effect it has on their lives and is set in an Indian jungle in 1890. A1C. Very Good/Good.

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N° du livre: 011232

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

MCGOWAN, KATHLEEN

The Expected One - Book One of the Magdalene Line

London, Simon & Schuster Books For Young People. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 0743295323). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has a touch of wear to front top corner tip. First edition, First printing. 449 pages. 2000 years ago, Mary Magdalene hid a set of scrolls in the rocky wilds of the French Pyrenees, scrolls that contained her own version of events and characters of the New Testament. Protected by supernatural forces, these sacred scrolls could only be discovered by a special seeker, one who fulfills the ancient prophecy of The Expected One. NOT EX LIB 3. Near Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 006403

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Mary Magdalene, Historical Fiction, Jerusalem 0743295323

MCGRAIL, ANNA

Mrs Einstein

London, Doubleday. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0385409133). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A novel based on Albert Einstein's daughter Lieserl, of which little is known, but not to literature, for here the author has imagined an amazing yet plausible life for this indomitable woman, one that spans the scientific history of the modern world. From the theory of relativity to the atomic bomb, as she moves from the plains of Hungary to the death camps of Germany to the laboratory at Los Alamos, for Lieserl's sole burning desire is to beat her father at his own game, to teach him that his actions - whether giving away a daughter or unlocking the secrets of the universe - have consequences that cannot be denied. L. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 003787

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Fiction, Einstein's Daughter Lieserl, Nuclear Bomb 0385409133

MELVILLE, ANNE

The Lorimer Line

London, Heinemann. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0434462705). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good + unmarked copy which has light bumping to lower corner tips. Dustjacket has a touch of wear to top and bottom edges and is not price clipped. VG +. An historical novel of a rich and powerful family in Victorian England, set initially in the great seaport of Bristol, where the Lorimers, whose fortune was built on slavery, wield enormous power. In 1877 the head of the family is John Junius, chairman of Lorimer's bank, an envied and admired autocrat with secrets which threaten his wealth and respectability. The scene moves from Bristol to London and Jamaica and the struggle of another Lorimer, Margaret, who courageously defies the time's prejudices by wishing to qualify as a doctor. C3E. Very Good/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002916

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Victorian England, Historical Fiction, John Junius Lorimer, Bristol, Slavery, Jamaica 0434462705

MELVILLE, PAULINE

The Ventriloquist's Tale

London, Bloomsbury. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747531501). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Page marker bound in. Winner of the 1997 Whitbread Award and the AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL. A novel which spans nearly a century and conjures up vivid pictures of savannah, forest and city life in South America and unforgettable characters illuminate the theme and plot. The narrator is the ventriloquist who weaves together his stories of love and catastrophe. NOT EX LIB B2C. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 002821

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: South America, Savannah, Ventriloquist 0747531501