PRINCE, PETER

Adam Runaway

London, Bloomsbury. 2005, First. (ISBN: 9780747578765). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Near Fine unmarked copy which has a few marks to top edge with Fine dustjacket which is not price-clipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 1721. George I is on the throne and Britain is just emerging as the world's leading commercial power. Handsome young Adam Hanaway arrives in Lisbon, where his uncle is a merchant, hoping to restore the family fortune, devastated the previous year by his father's speculations on the South Sea Bubble. But almost nothing turns out as Adam planned. His family's welcome is cool and his rise to the top thwarted by his uncle's treacherous head clerk Bartolomeu Gomes. Nor is Adam, with his gaudy clothes and his young-man swagger, an immediate success with his uncle's fellow merchants. Expelled from his uncle's firm, Adam must clear his name, win his love, and make his fortune. D4C. Near Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 011456

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: 18th Century Lisbon 9780747578765

RANDALL, RONA

The Drayton Legacy

London, Hamish Hamilton. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0241115868). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ unmarked copy free of inscription with usual slight age darkening to page edges. Dustjacket is not price clipped and also VG+. An historical novel set in 18th century Staffordshire with the rapidly industrialising potteries, where Joseph Drayton, Master Potter, runs the family business, untrammelled in his private ambitions, ambitions which include Meg, a gipsy girl who slaves in his turning sheds, but not his gifted younger brother Martin. Martin is bound by indentures to work for five years in Joseph's pot bank but longs for the day when he comes into the Drayton legacy and can express his artistry in a more personal way and in this he is helped by his friend Simon Kendall, the canal digger, a humble genius who can neither read nor write but whose vision as an architect and engineer transforms the potteries trade. 22. Very Good/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 004316

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Historical Fiction, 18th Century Staffordshire, Joseph Drayton, Master Potter, Simon Kendall 0241115868

RAYMOND, ERNEST

Under Wedgery Down

London, Cassell. 1974, First Edition. (ISBN: 0304293687). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A clean and unmarked copy apart from a neat signature to front endpaper with a pictorial dustjacket which is prce clipped. The last novel by the author of 52 years standing who decided that this would be his last and who died soon after passing the proof. A wonderful story evoking the period of the 1910's, set in England's South Downs, which shows the author's ability to see into a child's mind and the depth of understanding of the battle between faith and agnosticism, a theme of many of his novels but none more so than here. A fitting and admirable last work. B2D. Very Good/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 001744

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: 1910 South Downs, Wedgery Beacon 0304293687

RICHES, ANTHONY

Arrows of Fury - Empire Volume Two

London, Hodder and Stoughton. 2010. (ISBN: 9780340920336). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a very small crease to the corner tips of two pages) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Second impression. 342 pages. 1 map. The thrilling novel continues the story of Marcus Valerius Aquila, fugitive from the Rome of Emperor Commodus, and his part in the war for Hadrian's Wall. The Battle of the Lost Eagle saved Hadrian's Wall. but the new governor of Britannia must stamp out the rebellion of the northern tribes or risk losing the province. Rampaging south with sword and flame under the command of their murderous chieftain Calgus, they have stretched his forces to the limit. For Marcus - now simply Centurion Corvus of the 1st Tungrian cohort - the campaign has become doubly dangerous. As reinforcements flood into Britannia he is surrounded by new officers with no reason to protect him from the emperor's henchmen, and death could result from a careless word as easily as from an enemy spear. Worse, one of them is close on his heels. While training two centuries of Syrian archers to survive a barbarian charge and then take the fight back to their enemy, the new prefect of the 2nd Tungrians has discovered his secret, and only a miracle can save Marcus and the men who protect him from disgrace and death. Following on from 'Wounds of Honour', Anthony Riches combines meticulous research with brilliant storytelling to capture the authentic feel of what life was like for the Roman Army in a brutal war with a remorseless enemy. D4A. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 008455

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Romans in Britain, Historical Fiction, Marcus Valerius Aquila, Centurion Corvus, Emperor Commodus, 1st Tungrian Cohort, Hadrian's Wall 9780340920336

ROBERTS, ANDREW (EDITED BY)

What Might Have Been - Leading Historians on Twelve 'What Ifs' of History

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 2004. (ISBN: 0297848771). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Second impression 2004 (first also 2004). Imaginary history from leading historians. Comprises : The Spanish Armada Lands In England by Anne Somerset; The Gunpowder Plot Succeeds by Antonia Fraser; King Charles I Wins the English Civil War by John Adamson; Benedict Arnold Wins the Revolutionary War for Britain by Robert Cowley; Napoleon Triumphs in Russia by Adam Zamoyski; The 'Trent; Incident Leads to War by Amanda Foreman; Archduke Ferdinand Survives Sarajevo by Norman Stone; Lenin is Assassinated at the Finland Station by Andrew Roberts; Stalin Flees Moscow in 1941 by Simon Sebag Montefiore; The Japanese Do Not Attack Pearl Harbor by Conrad Black; The Brighton Bomb Kills Margaret Thatcher by Simon Heffer; The Chads Fall off in Florida by David Frum. C3A. Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 006829

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Alternative History 0297848771

ROSS, LILLIAN

Blaze Allan

London, Chapman Hall. 1946, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First UK edition. Red title on cream cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small contemporary name to front endpaper else clean, tight and unmarked and just a touch of foxing to top edge. A Very Good + copy. The American author is Lillian Bos Ross (1898- ?) and is a novel set in the Santa Lucia mountains above the Monterey coast and the Big Sur country in the late 1890's. 11. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 003628

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Historical Fiction, 1890's Santa Lucia Mountains, Monterey, Big Sur, Lilian Bos Ross,

ROSS, MALCOLM

Kernow and Daughter

London, Piatkus. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 0749902620). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. An historical novel set in Cornwall where Barney Kernow is a self made Cornishman with rigid ideas about his childrens future. Harry, his eldest son, is to follow him into the family business, Frank and Godfrey are to enter into one or other of the professions, and Jessica, his only daughter, is to be a wife and mother. Nature has not obliged him, however, as Harry would rather be an artist and Jessica has a better head for business than all of them together. A rich tapestry of Cornish life at the beginning of the 20th century. NOT EX LIB NOT BOOK CLUB C3D. Near Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 005359

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Historical Fiction, Cornwall, Barney Kernow 0749902620

ROWE, PATRICIA

Weep Not for Me

London, Deirdre McDonald. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 1898094063). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The author's FIRST NOVEL is a powerful story of sexual obsession and superstition in the late 1800's, set against the backdrop of rural Gloucestershire and the great River Severn. Mary Cheyne, an orphan, discovers that she is the bastard daughter of the late squire, the result of a liaison with a beautiful gypsy woman and when she returns to claim her inheritance, she encounters the deep fears and superstitions of the villager and the enmity of her half brother, the new squire. She soon marries a young farmer and discovers the true nature of the awful legacy of her gypsy forebears and is subjected to the authoritarian demands of her husband. The first work in the planned trilogy. A1C. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 003745

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Historical Fiction, Rural Gloucestershire, River Severn, Bastard Daughter of Squire and Gypsy, Late 1800's 1898094063

RUDEL, ANTHONY

Imagining Don Giovanni

London, Atlantic Books. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 1903809207). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A novel of the making of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni where Mozart and Da Ponte, his librettist, meet with Casanova in Prague to discuss the opera. An acclaimed FIRST NOVEL by the son of the noted conductor Julius Rudel. B2C. Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 001692

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Historical Fiction, Mozart, Da Ponte, Casanova, Opera, Prague 1903809207

RYDE, JOHN

Matson Boy

Cheltenham, Centenary Arts. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 185421196x). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half title page with dedication. A Fine unmarked copy in a VG+ price clipped dustjacket. This is the AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL set in the late 18th century and charts the lives of Joseph Paget and his descendants as they move up and down the social ladder. It starts in Gloucester but moves to London where he discovers amorous and illicit adventures and is based largely on real people and events. C3B. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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N° du livre: 001688

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Joseph Paget, London, Gloucester 185421196x

SALISBURY, CAROLA

The Winter Bride

London, Collins. 1978. (ISBN: 0002219603). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket. A novel from the leading gothic novelist of orphaned Charity Carew, 24 years old, living with her retired barrister uncle, who becomes secretary to famous poet Martin Revesby, who has returned from the continent to live at his inherited Cornish mansion, Malmaynes. Soon Charity is mistress of the great house on the cliffs but a shadow hangs over Malmaynes ever since two women had been horribly murdered in the village twenty years before, the murderer, a local youth, had committed suicide and a wall of secrecy had been built around the events. Charity discovers that the murderer had a close connection with the house and had been known as the Beast of Malmaynes and suddenly two more women are murdered. Could the Beast have risen from the grave? C3D. Near Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 011246

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: 0002219603

SAVAGE, ALAN

The Eight Banners

London, Little, Brown. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0356206637). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. Alan Savage is the pseudonym of Christopher Nicole and this is his third novel. It is the saga of the Barrington family, set against the vast tapestry of China, which recreates the splendour and brutal squalor of the eight Manchu tribes who carried their banners against the decaying Ming Dynasty. D4A. Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 002945

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: 0356206637

SCHMITT, GLADYS

Electra

London, W.H. Allen and The Alison Press/Secker & Warburg. 1966, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First British Edition. Gold title on brown boards which are unmarked with no wear. Internally there is age darkening to endpapers and a few spots of light foxing to top edge else unmarked. Dustjacket a little chipping to spine head and a small closed tear to back and is not price clipped. A novel based on the lines of the classic Agamemnon and Cassandra, Electra and Orestes, Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. A highly acclaimed work by a Professor of English at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY B2C. Very Good/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 000906

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Historical Fiction, Agamemnon, Cassandra, Electra, Orestes, Clytemnestra, Aegisthus

SCOTT, JACK

Arrogance

London, Scribners. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 0356197778). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK edition. A Very Good + unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. The American author's third novel which is a richly evocative exploration of art, genius, madness and society in fin-de-siecle Vienna, inspired by the short tormented life of the Austrian expressionist painter Egon Schiele (1890-1918). NOT EX LIB D4A. Very Good/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 002903

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Egon Schiele, Fin de Siecle Vienna 0356197778

SCOTT, PAUL

The Raj Quartet - the Jewel in the Crown, the Day of the Scorpion, the Towers of Silence, a Division of the Spoils

London, Heinemann. 1984. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ copy which has light foxing to top edge else unmarked with G+ dustjacket which is not price-clipped. 599 pages. Here, in one volume, are the four celebrated novels of Paul Scott set in the closing years of British rule in India. The main events of the sequence of four novels - The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, The Towers of Silence, A Division of the Spoils - take place in the period between the Quit India riots of 1942 and the communal massacres that accompanied independence and partition in 1947. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY BOOK OF 1.5 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST 21. Very Good/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 011457

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: British Rule in India, Partition