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A BROOD OF VIPERS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Being the fourth journal of Sir Roger Shallot concerning certain wicked conspiracies and horrible murders perpetrated in the reign of King Henry VIII (not counting his wives.). ISBN: 0-312-139381.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 7524More details Price: $16.50 -
THE POISONED CHALICE: Being the second journal of Sir Roger Shallot concerning certain wicked conspiracies and horrible murders perpetrated in the reign of King Henry VIII.
Edition: First printing.
London: Headline, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Sir Roger Shallot mystery set in England during the reign of Henry VIII. Includes list of historical personages and author's note. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-7472-05140.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages, otherwise tight and clean.)
Book ID: 51052More details Price: $18.00 -
THE GRAIL MURDERS: Being the third journal of Sir Roger Shallot concerning certain wicked conspiracies and horrible murders perpetrated in the reign of King Henry VIII.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Otto Penzler Books / Simon & Schuster, (1993.) dj. Hardcover - A Sir Roger Shallot mystery set in England during the reign of Henry VIII.Author's note. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-7472-05140.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 58269More details Price: $13.50 -
NAKED TO MINE ENEMIES: The Life of Cardinal Wolsey. Two Volumes.
Edition: Trade paperbacks, first thus.
New York: Time Incorporated 1965. New introduction by A. L. Rowse to this highly acclaimed biography of Wolsey, one which gives a vivid picture of England during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII, and also includes the period after Wolsey's fall from power. Volume I has xxii, 344 pages, Volume 2 has 338. Both volumes include notes, Volume 2 has an index to both.
Condition: Very good in stiff wrappers (prev owner's name.)
Book ID: 18477More details Price: $18.00 -
THE CONSTANT PRINCESS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel based on the life of Catherine of Aragon, consort of Henry VIII. Author's historical note, bibliography. 393 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-7248x.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 62290More details Price: $18.50 -
THE TAMING OF THE QUEEN.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, (2015) dj. Hardcover - Historical novel which tells the story of Kateryn (Catherine) Parr, 1512-1548, a leader of religious reform, the first woman to publish a book in England under her own name, and a 30 year old widow who became the last queen of Henry VIII. Family trees, maps, Author's note, bibliography. 450 pp. ISBN: 978-1476758794.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 64940More details Price: $16.50 -
THE GIANT, O'BRIEN.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel by this award-winning author, based on a true story - "The year is 1782; the place, London: the center of science and commerce, home to the newly rich and magnet to the desperately poor. Among the latter is the Giant, O'Brien, a freak of nature, a man of song and story who trusts in the old myths. . . He has come to exhibit his size for money. He has, he soon finds, come to die. His opposite is a man of science, a society surgeon, the famed anatomist John Hunter, employer to a legion of grave robbers. He lusts after the Giant's corpse." Short-listed for the Orange Prize. x, 192 pp. ISBN: 0-805044280.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 67837More details Price: $25.00