Desperate Measures
by Wheatley, Dennis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0091197201
- ISBN 13
- 9780091197209
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: The Book Club. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 0091197201 . Bottom fore corners bumped only light wear else; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar. Attractive wraparound jacket art. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 411 pages; "This Roger Brook story begins in 1814, after Napoleon's first abdication. Roger, now the Earl of Kildonan, accompanies Castlereagh to the Congress of Vienna. Thence he is sent to Elba, to assess the likelihood of the exiled the Emperor planning to return. He arrives in his false identity as Colonel Comte de Breuc, Commander of the Legion of Honour. There he is caught up in Napoleon's bid to regain his throne, accompanies him during his amazing march to Paris, his last campaign and defeat." .
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- Seller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 14004
- Title
- Desperate Measures
- Author
- Wheatley, Dennis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0091197201
- ISBN 13
- 9780091197209
- Publisher
- The Book Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- 0091197201, Napoleonic wars
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Fiction; Fiction / Historical;
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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- Jacket
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- Book Club Edition
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