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A King Reluctant
by Wilkins, Vaughan
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1952. Unclipped dustwrapper has small tears and creasing to the edges and is quite crumpled on the back panel, minor bumping to spine ends of red cloth-covered boards, some foxing to outer pages, otherwise a good tight copy of this hardback novel. Set mostly in south Wales but also in France in the late eighteenth century, the story involves the young Louis XVII of France (young son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette), turning up in Pembrokeshire by balloon, and with the failed French invasion of Pembrokeshire in 1797. The 1958 film ''Dangerous Exile'' which starred a young Richard O'Sullivan as Louis XVII, was based on the book. 317pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007288
- Title
- A King Reluctant
- Author
- Wilkins, Vaughan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Historic-Fiction, Napoleonic, Louis-xvii, Dangerous-Exile
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
JimsOldBooks
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About the Seller
JimsOldBooks
Biblio member since 2004
Kirkwall, Orkney
About JimsOldBooks
Based in Kirkwall, Orkney off the north coast of Scotland. No shop, internet sales only..
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